Fabrice Muamba's heart stopped beating for two hours after collapse

Muamba fell to the ground at White Hart Lane at 6.11pm on Saturday in front of millions of television viewers and paramedics were unable to start his heart working by itself again until he reached the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green, east London, at 8pm. The player remains anaesthetised in intensive care at the hospital, which is seven miles away from the stadium.

The hospital have now said that Muamba has begun to show "small signs of improvement" as his heart started beating without the help of medication but also told that he remained in critical condition.