Mo Sylla rushed to hospital after Dundee star collapsed in dressing room
Mo Sylla had to be rushed to hospital after collapsing in front of his shocked Dundee teammates in the changing room.
The midfielder took a turn at Dens Park and had to have medics work on him as the squad moved out of the dressing room. It came after he had to be subbed off during the game against Aberdeen at half-time with the second-half delayed to allow the midfielder to be taken to Ninewells Hospital.
Manager Tony Docherty admitted it was a difficult scene to watch play out but revealed the 30-year-old was "responsive" in the hospital. He said: "He is responsive at the moment. It wasn’t a nice thing to see.
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"Mo took a turn at half-time. The medics were involved and we had to get the players out of there. He’s responsive. He’s in hospital right now. We’ll just need to assess that and see how he is."
The Dees lost 2-1 at home but Docherty reckons his side were the better team - and Jimmy Thelin even admitted as much.
He added: "It was very frustrating. It’s not often I come in after the game and say the better team lost. To be fair to Jimmy, he’s an honest guy, and he said that when we shook hands. That certainly doesn’t make it feel any better just now.
“Aberdeen have momentum but they are getting the rub of the green at the moment. That will turn for us if I make sure the players are resilient and keep doing the work. A lot of stuff they did right today but we need to take responsibility. Aberdeen had two shots on target and scored two goals.
“The two shots came from us in possession making mistakes. The game is all about scoring in one goal and keeping them out the other. That’s something we need to take responsibility for. But I reiterated to the players that if I get that consistent level of performance we will win more games than we lose.”