Remi Garde has urged Aston Villa to stick together as they begin a 15-game bid to salvage their Premier League status with a trip to West Ham.
Villa were left to focus solely on their plight at the foot of the table on Saturday after Manchester City inflicted a chastening 4-0 defeat to end their participation in the FA Cup.
It was the result of an error-strewn display, where Villa were behind in the fourth minute and midfielder Idrissa Gueye was culpable for errors in the build-up to City's third and fourth goals.
"I don't want to blame any one of my players particularly," the former Arsenal midfielder told a news conference.
"We need to stick together for the last 15 games. It's not the time to say 'it's your fault or it's my fault'.
"It will be a Premier League game again. We will keep focus on this huge target we have.
"It will be a different match for sure. Hopefully we won't start badly like [against City]."
"Hopefully one of the two will be fit for the Tuesday game," Garde added.
"Rudy injured his hamstring against West Brom and Libor received a bad kick on his ankle in this game."
Garde's opposite number Slaven Bilic has his own problems in attack, with Andy Carroll nursing a hamstring complaint and Diafra Sakho and Manuel Lanzini battling muscular strains.
James Tomkins will miss the match having received stitches in a facial injury sustained during Saturday's 0-0 FA Cup draw at Liverpool, although Bilic is hopeful Cheikhou Kouyate can overcome a knock then ended his afternoon early at Anfield.
"Adrian still travelled up with us [to Liverpool] but he had to leave first thing on Saturday," he told West Ham's official website. "I told him to text me when something happens.
"The first I knew about him leaving was at 5am in the morning when he sent me a text message saying he was on his way to the airport.
"I told him to let me know if there are developments. I will keep in touch with him to see how he is going."
- There have been just five goals scored over the previous five Premier League meetings between West Ham and Aston Villa.
- United's former Everton and Hull City striker Nikica Jelavic has scored in three of his five Premier League appearances against Villa, including each of the last two.
- Dimitri Payet has created 57 chances for West Ham this season; Aaron Cresswell is next on the list with 26.
- West Brom went on to avoid relegation in 2004-05 when they had the same lowly tally of 13 points from 23 matches as Villa do now.
- Enner Valencia's four goals in his last three Premier League matches is equal to the Ecuador international's return from his previous 39 outings.
