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Medical Emergency in the Crowd at Tottenham v Chelsea Game Causes Lengthy Delay

Posted on the 13 January 2022 by Maxiel

Carabao Cup semi-final between Tottenham and Chelsea is suspended for a number of minutes due to a medical emergency within the crowd, with fan 'later in a position to stroll away from seats with the help of medics'

  • Recreation between Tottenham and Chelsea was halted resulting from a medical emergency
  • Following a prolonged delay there have been eight minutes of extra time performed
  • Tottenham despatched their finest needs to the house supporter who was taken in poor health
  • The supporter was in a position to stroll away from the seats with assist of medics

A medical emergency within the crowd led to there being eight minutes of added time on the finish of the second half as Tottenham confronted Chelsea within the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

The incident occurred within the 87th minute of the sport on the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, with a house supporter requiring remedy. Following a delay of round 5 minutes, throughout which the gamers remained on the pitch, referee Andre Marriner resumed the sport.

BBC Radio 5 Reside reported that the fan was ultimately in a position to stroll away from the seats with the assist of medics.

Medics had rushed to take care of the fan within the South Stand.

A tweet from Tottenham's official Twitter account learn: 'Everybody on the membership sends their finest needs to the supporter who was taken in poor health.'

Play has been paused resulting from a medical emergency within the crowd.

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- Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 12, 2022

Chelsea tweeted: 'Everybody at Chelsea needs the house supporter properly.'

Chelsea progressed to the ultimate after profitable 1-0 on the night time (courtesy of an Antonio Rudiger aim) and 3-0 on combination.

There have been a number of incidents of medical emergencies occurring throughout Premier League video games not too long ago.

On December 1, the Watford versus Chelsea and Southampton versus Leicester video games have been each paused so {that a} fan may obtain remedy within the stands.

In October a fan was given emergency remedy throughout Newcastle's sport in opposition to Tottenham at St James' Park, with the supporter being stabilised and brought to hospital. The sport was restarted after a 20 minute delay.


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