Watford vs Chelsea suspended amid medical emergency

Chelsea survive early Watford scare

Chelsea were looking to get back to winning ways after a wasteful 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday, but were lucky not to be behind early against Watford.

Chelsea are lucky not to be 2-0 down already after a lightning fast start by Watford!

Joao Pedro with both chances – first forcing Trevoh Chalobah to clear, then bringing a full-stretch save from Edouard Mendy.

0-0#WATCHE #bbcfootball

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 1, 2021

Edouard Mendy and Trevoh Chalobah both came to a much-changed Blues side, as Joao Pedro had two glorious chances.

However, the game quickly took a far more serious turn.

Game halted for medical emergency in the crowd

In a repeat of what happened between Tottenham and Newcastle, the Premier League game between the pair has been suspended temporarily due to an issue in the crowd.

As Adam Masina pulled up with an injury off the pitch, players were frantically gesturing for another injury, this time among the supporters.

Fans in the Graham Taylor Stand were waving frantically for someone to come over. the players noticed too. there are lots of people with yellow bibs attending to the individual now. The players have come off the pitch.

— Simon Johnson (@SJohnsonSport) December 1, 2021

There appears to be some sort of medical emergency in the Graham Taylor Stand after fans alerted stewards and the linesman to an incident in the stand pic.twitter.com/INYiyAFTQD

— Layth (@laythy29) December 1, 2021

Amazon Sport reported that a member of the public suffered a heart attack in the opening minutes, and was receiving CPR from both sets of medical staff, as well as emergency services on the scene.

Member of the public having a heart attack, CPR going on. Damn man, so much if this lately, players and in the crowd…

— Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) December 1, 2021

Everyone at 101 wishes him a speedy recovery.

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