Dundee midfielder Mo Sylla 'responsive' after collapsing at half-time against Aberdeen

Mo Sylla in action for Dundee against Aberdeen
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Dundee boss Tony Docherty revealed that midfielder Mo Sylla had to be rushed to the city’s Ninewells Hospital after collapsing in the dressing-room at half-time.

The Dark Blues lost 2-1 to Aberdeen at Dens Park with Kevin Nisbet and Topi Keskinen on the mark for the Dons, with Simon Murray pulling one back for the home side.

However, the proceedings were overshadowed by concerns for Sylla. Docherty said: “He is responsive at the moment. It wasn’t a nice thing to see. Mo took a turn at half-time.

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“The medics were involved and we had to get the players out of there. He’s responsive. He’s in hospital right now. We’ll just need to assess that and see how he is.”

Docherty admitted he was frustrated his team could not make their second-half dominance count and he was also annoyed that there were only three minutes of added time at the end of the game.

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The manager said: “It was very frustrating. It’s not often I come in after the game and say the better team lost. To be fair to Jimmy Thelin, he’s an honest guy, and he said that when we shook hands.

“But I reiterated to the players that if I get that consistent level of performance, we will win more games than we lose. I have to be careful what I say – the goalkeeper went down for two and a half minutes and there were four stoppages.

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“So for me that’s seven or eight minutes. I couldn’t believe it when three minutes went up. Everybody in the ground knew there were more than three minutes to play. The referee told me the VAR told him three minutes. I’m baffled.”