"In terms of fitness [Aquilani]'s doing well. His ankle is coming on well. The problem we have now is that he has a virus, so it will be difficult for him to be available," said the boss.
"We will see this afternoon how he feels but he was a little bit sick yesterday.
"He wanted to play against Arsenal and was really pleased to go. He wants to go and play against Fulham but we'll have to decide how he feels."