Mo Sylla rushed to hospital after collapsing in Dundee dressing room in front of shocked teammates

Mo Sylla was taken to hospital after collapsing in front of his Dundee teammates at half-time in the defeat to Aberdeen.

Medics had to rush in and treat the midfielder who had taken a turn. The shocked Dundee players. had to be taken outside of the dressing room to allow treatment. Sylla was taken to Ninewells Hospital but Tony Docherty confirmed after the game that his player was responsive.

Docherty confirmed that Sylla was taken to hospital. He said: “He is responsive at the moment. It wasn’t a nice thing to see. Mo took a turn at half-time. 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.” The second half kick-off had to be delayed and Sylla was replaced by Josh Mulligan. Dundee were still waiting for word from the hospital and medical staff as to how Sylla is.

Meanwhile, Docherty claimed that even Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin admitted his team were lucky to take all three points at Dundee. The Dark Blues fell behind to two bad errors but got back into it just before the interval through a Simon Murray penalty.

Dundee dominated the second half but couldn’t find an equaliser. Docherty stated: “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, he’s an honest guy, and he said that when we shook hands. That certainly doesn’t make it feel any better just now.

“Aberdeen have momentum but they are getting the rub of the green at the moment. That will turn for us if I make sure the players are resilient and keep doing the work. A lot of stuff they did right today but we need to take responsibility. Aberdeen had two shots on target and scored two