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'I could see there was something seriously wrong... it makes you realise how precious life can be': Referee Anthony Taylor opens up for the first time on Christian Eriksen's horror collapse on the pitch at Euro 2020

Anthony Taylor has revealed details of the night Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest for the first time.

The 42-year-old was widely praised for his swift response to Eriksen’s situation during Denmark’s European Championship fixture against Finland.

The former Tottenham midfielder was revived by CPR on the Copenhagen pitch, firstly administered by captain Simon Kjaer, and a defibrillator.

Anthony Taylor was the referee when Christian Eriksen collapsed at Euro 2020
The midfielder was surrounded by his distraught team-mates while medics worked tirelessly

‘It makes you realise how precious life can be,’ Taylor said at his local club Altrincham, one of more than 2,000 recipients of the Premier League’s Defibrillator Fund.