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 goals.
“The two shots came from us in possession making mistakes. The game is all about scoring in one goal and keeping them out the other. That’s something we need to take responsibility for. But I reiterated to the players that if I get that consistent level of performance we will win more games than we lose.”
Doherty acknowledged his team needed to do more and stop gifting cheap goals. “We hemmed them back in the second half and did everything but it never fell for us,” Docherty added.
“We made changes and it was a dominant display but it’s frustrating we give ourselves a mountain to climb. You shouldn’t need to score three goals to win a game.”
Docherty was also frustrated that there were only three minutes of stoppage time. He cautiously stated:“Careful what I say – the goalkeeper went down for two-and-a-half minutes and there were four stoppages. 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.”