Play was stopped for seven minutes (Picture: Getty)
Arsenal have confirmed Frida Maanum is conscious and stable after collapsing during Arsenal’s Women’s League Cup final against Chelsea.
The Gunners midfielder went down off the ball in the closing moments of normal time at Molineux on Sunday afternoon.
Medical staff entered the pitch to treat her with play stopped for seven minutes.
Maanum received oxygen as she was taken from the field on a stretcher.
Arsenal said in a statement: ‘Frida is conscious, talking and in a stable condition.
’She will continue to be monitored closely by our medical team.’
The match continued after the incident with the Arsenal taking the lead deep into extra time through Stina Blackstenius after 116 minutes.
Her goal was enough to seal victory for Arsenal, who win the League Cup for a second successive year and their seventh in total.
Speaking after the dramatic finale, Arsenal striker Alessia Russo dedicated the win to Maanum, insisting it was ‘written in the stars’ they would go onto lift the trophy with her close friend Blackstenius scoring the winner.
‘Obviously it is devastating seeing one of your teammates go down like that and we hope that she is okay,’ Russo told BBC Sport.
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‘I think it was written in the stars that her best mate went and scored the winner for her.
‘Frida is a massive player and plays with every single bit of her body, she did that again today and we just hope she is okay.’
Norway international Maanum has made 28 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal this season.
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