Arsenal players suffered food poisoning in Shanghai prior to their friendly game against German giants, Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
Several Gunners’ key players were ruled out of the game due to the incident.
Arsene Wenger’s side were outplayed for long periods of game before salvaging a last minute 1-1 draw and then winning 3-2 on penalties.
Olivier Giroud could not play the match because of food poisoning, then captain Per Mertesacker pulled out of the game just moments before kick – off.
According to Wenger, new signing Sead Kolasinac had to come off before the break, while substitutes Aaron Ramsey and Theo Walcott both also felt unwell.
The Gunners could not find their feet in the first half in the 36 degrees Celsius (97F) heat and the French gaffer admitted that the extreme conditions in Shanghai were “a shock ” after flying in from Australia, which is in its winter.
Wenger said, “We worked very hard on Monday and Tuesday so I was a bit scared that tonight we could have big problems and in fact in the first half we suffered a bit.
“Ramsey finished the game (feeling) bad and Walcott, Kolasinac, Mertesacker, Giroud, they all had a little food poisoning.”
Wenger added that Arsenal, who will face Chelsea in Beijing on Saturday, did not know what caused the food poisoning.
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