Taylor, right, quickly called for medics to attend to Eriksen after he collapsed at Euro 2020The referee Anthony Taylor has spoken for the first time since Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 and said he recognised immediately from past experience it could be a life-or-death moment. Taylor, 42, received widespread praise for his swift actions in summoning the medics, including from the Duke of Cambridge, and Eriksen was revived with a defibrillator during the match between Denmark and Finland after initially receiving CPR from the Denmark captain Simon Kjaer. The 29-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder was released from hospital some days later. SponsoredThe referee had witnessed similar collapses during his time as a prison officer and had played a leading role in helping paramedics revive the former referee Eddie Wolstenholme after he suffered a heart attack at Burnley in

Source: The Times August 03, 2021 15:10 UTC