Tom Lockyer describes moments before he suffered cardiac arrest in Premier League game | OneFootball

Tom Lockyer describes moments before he suffered cardiac arrest in Premier League game | OneFootball

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The Independent

·21 February 2024

Tom Lockyer describes moments before he suffered cardiac arrest in Premier League game

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Tom Lockyer has recalled the moments before he collapsed on the pitch during a Premier League match.

The Luton Town captain suffered a cardiac arrest while playing against Bournemouth in December and says he was “technically dead” for two minutes and 40 seconds.


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“Bournemouth had just scored, and it had been with VAR for a couple of minutes, so I wasn’t really exerting myself,” Lockyer said of the incident.

“The game kicked off again so I jogged up about 10 yards and I remember feeling incredibly lightheaded... and that was the last thing I remember.”

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