Arsenal v Swansea City: Swansea manager Francesco Guidolin misses win with lung infection

Swansea City interim manager Alan Curtis celebrates with Ashley Williams after the game against Arsenal. Reuters / Dylan Martinez

Swansea’s City’s 2-1 win over Arsenal was all the more remarkable given they were without head coach Francesco Guidolin, who had been admitted to hospital with a lung infection.

His deputy Alan Curtis, who made six changes, said: “I’ve not spoken to him, but I had a voicemail to say how delighted he is.

“As far as I know, it’s a lung infection, and he stays in hospital for the next couple of days. (It) remedies itself quite quickly, and he travels to Swansea on Friday.

“He’s been struggling for a week or so, but he’s turned up for training and helped pick the team with the changes. We know we could have faced criticism, but it wasn’t change for change’s sake. There’s nobody guaranteed a place.

“I do think we’ll stay up. We have enough in the changing room. The squad is there and if we can pick the right team and the right shape, there’s no reason why we can’t get the results between now and the end of the season.”

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