It has been confirmed that Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest throughout their recreation at Bournemouth on Saturday as the sport was deserted.

The Premier League membership confirmed that Lockyer “was responsive by the time he was taken off on the stretcher” and acquired additional therapy contained in the stadium.

Lockyer is now in hospital the place Luton say he’s “stable and currently undergoing further tests with his family at his bedside” as they thanked everybody for his or her assist.

On Sunday Luton launched one other replace saying that Lockyer stays in hospital and is “still undergoing tests and scans, and is awaiting the results before the next steps for his recovery are determined.”

What occurred?

On Saturday Lockyer, 29, fell to flooring face first with no person else round him in the course of the second half of the sport at Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium.

Luton boss Rob Edwards then rushed onto the pitch to try to drag his gamers away from the scene because the medical group labored on Lockyer.

Initially the sport was suspended and it was then introduced it had been deserted as gamers and workers from each groups went again out to the pitch to applaud the followers. Luton Town boss Rob Edwards was very emotional as he went to applaud the followers and had tears in his eyes.

What is the newest?

Luton launched an announcement after the sport with the newest replace on Tom Lockyer’s scenario:

“Our medical staff have confirmed that the Hatters captain suffered cardiac arrest on the pitch, but was responsive by the time he was taken off on the stretcher.

“He received further treatment inside the stadium, for which we once again thank the medical teams from both sides. Tom was transferred to hospital, where we can reassure supporters that he is stable and currently undergoing further tests with his family at his bedside.

“We would like to thank everyone for their support, concern and loving messages for Locks.”

Timeline

After Lockyer fell to the ground the sport was suspended with lower than 60 minutes on the clock and the rating 1-1.

Attention was given to Tom Lockyer on the pitch as followers within the stand chanted his identify. Lockyer was then carried off the pitch on a stretcher.

After one other half-hour or so the Premier League then introduced that the sport had been deserted.

Lockyer, a Wales worldwide, additionally collapsed in the course of the Championship play-off closing at Wembley in May 2023, as Luton beat Coventry City to realize promotion to the Premier League for the primary time of their historical past. After that incident he underwent coronary heart surgical procedure in the summertime and was given the all clear to return to enjoying.

Lockyer has been an inspirational chief in Luton’s rise to the top-flight.