Arsenal coach 'so happy' for positive Frida Maanum update after collapsing in League Cup final

Norwegian midfielder required oxygen treatment at Molineux
FBL-ENG-LCUP-WOMEN-ARSENAL-CHELSEA
AFP via Getty Images

Arsenal have confirmed Frida Maanum is conscious and in a stable condition after she collapsed during Sunday’s Women’s League Cup final with Chelsea.

Maanum went down off the ball towards the end of normal time during the game at Molineux.

The Arsenal midfielder was treated by medical staff on the pitch and was carried off on a stretcher while receiving oxygen.

Maanum was taken off and replaced by striker Alessia Russo, with the game goalless as it moved into extra-time.

In a statement on social media platform X, Arsenal posted: “Frida is conscious, talking and in a stable condition.

“She will continue to be monitored closely by our medical team. We’re all with you, Frida.”

Arsenal lifted the trophy after Maanum was taken off, with Stina Blackstenius ending the stalemate with an extra-time winner.

Teammate Alessia Russo told the BBC at full-time: “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, and she did that today. We just hope she's OK.

“Obviously it's devastating to see one of your team mates go down like that, and we're all wishing and praying that she's OK.”

Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall praised the work of the medical staff in dealing with the incident.

“It looked a little bit scary when she went down and of course we were worried,” he said. “But we have a great medical team and we trust them.

“And we needed to stay focused on the football. At that time that was what we could control, after the game of course my first thought was Frida and I’m so happy to hear now I’ve met her that she’s doing well and she’s fine.

“We of course need to monitor her but she seems to be doing fine, and even if this [medal] is important, that is even more important that she’s doing well.”

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in