Aston Villa fullback Leandro Bacuna is confident their squad can handle the absence of injured star Christian Benteke.

Benteke has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a hip injury sustained in Saturday's 1-0 win at Norwich.

Bacuna said: "Christian's a big player for the team and he's really important for us so we'll miss him, but the team isn't all about Christian.

"We have other strikers here and we have confidence in them. The others will do well so we don't depend as much on Christian."