Tottenham defender Sergio Reguilon, 24, explained how his attention was drawn by a medical emergency that led to his intervention to stop his Premier League side’s clash with Newcastle on Sunday.
What did Sergio Reguilon say?
The Spurs left-back became the first player to signal to the referee, 50-year-old Marriner, to end proceedings following an incident at the East Stand in St James’ Park that resulted in a temporary suspension. Play eventually resumed in a match that saw visitors to Espirito Santo’s knock out Magpies of English football manager Steve Bruce’s 3-2, but after speaking after the game, the Spaniard now revealed how he became aware of the emergency.
Sergio Reguilon said in his post-match comments that he saw a man lying down. Sergio Reguilon was very nervous. Sergio went up to the referee and said look at this, they can’t play like that, they have to stop the match. Sergio looks at the fans who say stop, stop. according to Sergio Reguilon he looks and says that he is lying, this is bad … please stop the game.
Teammate Harry Kane, 28, also weighed 27-year-old Eric Dier’s follow-up to call a defibrillator from the players’ own medical staff, saying they obviously knew they had benches on their side. They didn’t know if they were in the crowd, so Eric Dier went to see if they’d run away and ask if they had.
A little about the topic
Sergio Reguilon pulled Andre Marriner aside after charting an unfolding ambulance with five minutes remaining in the first half and Tottenham 2-1 up. The rest of the players on the field joined in the directions above the medical staff towards the affected area before they were sent off the field and play was suspended. After the cock crowd was cleared away and later said to have stabilized and en route to the hospital, both sides returned to complete the first half.