I FEEL SO HAPPY
His team lost but Eriksen’s return was a ‘great moment for football’ as he made his comeback after eight months out
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CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN declared himself “one happy man” after making his return to football.
The 30-year-old came on as a 51st-minute replacement for Mathias Jensen in Brentford’s 2-0 defeat — just eight months after suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland.
Eriksen, the first Premier League player fitted with an
Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillator, which can restart the heart, said: “Take away the result, I’m a happy man. To go through what I’ve been through, being back is wonderful. Everyone’s here: family, parents, kids, mother-in-law and doctors who helped me. What they’ve been through is tougher than what I went through.”
Brentford boss Thomas Frank said: “For everyone in football this was a big moment.”