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Frida Maanum's family have described their 'nightmare' of watching her collapse on TV from Norway with no idea about how seriously ill she was - but today revealed she is now home and 'doing well'.
The 24-year-old fell to the floor in the 95th minute and required oxygen, only finding out later that her team Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in extra time after she spoke to her manager Jonas Eidevall after the game at Molineux yesterday.
Mr Eidevall was seen waving his hands wildly and pointing at Frida after she collapsed during the Conti Cup final. Arsenal's left back Katie McCabe sprinted to her side and called for medics to enter the pitch quickly.
Watching at home in Oslo was Frida's mother Liz-Heidi Leonhardsen, who described her terror as she saw her daughter fall ill on live TV.
She said: 'It was a nightmare to follow the whole thing on TV without knowing what was going on'.
It is not yet known if Frida's partner Emma Lennartsson, a footballer based in Sweden, was in Wolverhampton for the cup final. But Frida's mother said someone in the crowd contacted her to tell her that her daughter was stable.
Mrs Leonhardsen told Norwegian tabloid VG: 'Fortunately, I received a relatively quick update from a friend of hers who was at the match - Frida is doing well now and she is being followed up by the medical team at Arsenal'.
Frida Maanum is surrounded by teammates after her collapse yesterday as her manager Jonas Eidevall (bottom left) gesticulates to get the match stopped and medics on to the pitch
Frida's mother Liz-Heidi Leonhardsen, together left, described her terror as she watched her daughter fall ill on live TV. It is not yet known if Frida's partner Emma Lennartsson, together right, was in the crowd
Maanum collapsed to the turf in the 95th minute of the League Cup final at Molineux
She was immediately attended to by club doctors and paramedics, who rushed onto the pitch
The 24-year-old left on a stretcher with a oxygen mask, but did not need CPR
It emerged last night that Miss Maanum travelled back to London with the Arsenal Women's team last night.
Maanum appeared unresponsive for several minutes as Molineux fell silent while paramedics checked on her.
The midfielder was not given CPR before she left the pitch on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.
Speaking after Arsenal's 1-0 win over Chelsea in extra time, Eidevall said he had spoken to the Norwegian and revealed she would join her teammates on the trip back to London.
Arsenal's Frida Maanum is stable after collapsing during the Women's League Cup final
'I have been able to have a conversation with her but not on a medical perspective,' he told talkSPORT.
'I just checked in with her, how she is doing and telling her that we won and understanding a little bit about the next steps, but I don't have any medical update.
'She is going to travel back with the team and after that we will provide an update.'
The reason for Maanum's collapse is still unknown but she was said to be
