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Published 12:58 23 Oct 2021 BST
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"I am only here for one year from Spain and there are many technical words I don’t know, like defibrillator, so I spoke with Eric Dier to tell him the doctors need to bring on a defibrillator."
The fans who were nearby to Mr Smith were quick to inform the stewards about the incident, with a number of off-duty medics in the crowd rushing to help, including a junior doctor called Tom Prichard, who received a well-deserved applause for conducting life-saving CPR until St John Ambulance workers and Newcastle’s club doctor arrived on the scene. https://twitter.com/sergio_regui/status/1449801003096846338 Reguilon - who joined Spurs in September 2020 - was keen to praise the 'heroes' that saved Mr Smith's life, as well as the fans and players on the pitch. He said: "These guys are the heroes. It was thanks to the amazing reaction of the fans and people in the crowd and the doctors who were there to see the game and rushed to help in that moment, they saved the man’s life. "We have to start teaching these skills in schools so everybody has them."I don’t know how to do CPR but I think I did the right thing. Eric Dier was incredible and it was the right action to stop the game by the referee. In the dressing room, all I could think about was the man.
"I didn’t know him, it was different to the situation with Christian Eriksen because we knew him personally, but I was sad for him.
"They came to tell us he was doing OK and my mind relaxed a bit. My team-mates were saying, 'come on Regy, focus on the game, the man is stable, he’s going to be OK'. But I still had the image in my mind, the guy lying down and I thought he was dead. I could not forget. It was one of the worst experiences of my life."
Mr Smith's family have since released a statement to update fans on his condition, stating that he was 'making great progress, is fully alert and is up and walking about'. When the game eventually resumed, Spurs were able to withstand a Newcastle fightback and secured an important 3-2 victory. Related links:Football

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