Arsenal face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium on New Year's Day, but the Gunners will do so without Kai Havertz.

Arsenal came from behind to beat Brentford 3-1 and move to second in the table, but Mikel Arteta has revealed a bug ran through his squad prior to kick off.

Midfielder-cum-forward Havertz is a surprise absentee from The Gunners’ squad against Brentford, joining fellow attacker Bukaya Saka on the sidelines.

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Arsenal take on Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium this evening but are without Kai Havertz due to an illness, according to the Sun journalist Jordan Davies.

They will train today and if everybody is fine, they should be available." This means Havertz has recovered from the sickness bug that had hit a few Arsenal players. Along with Havertz's recovery, Arteta also updated on Raheem Sterling 's condition.

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Mikel Arteta has responded to rumours of an Arsenal sickness bug after Kai Havertz was left out of the squad who beat Brentford on Wednesday. Havertz was a surprise omission on New Year’s Day given he had started and scored in Arsenal’s 1-0 victory against Ipswich Town on December 27.

Kai Havertz has been sidelined with an illness that ruled him out of Wednesday’s Premier League trip to Brentford for Arsenal. Reports that a sickness bug has been going around the Gunners squad