Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Women suspended as medics sprint across pitch to deal with crowd emergency

THE Women’s Super League North London Derby was briefly paused due to a medical emergency on Saturday.

Play was halted in the 82nd minute with several stewards called to the away end at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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Both medical teams then rushed across the pitch to tend to the supporter.

Players on the pitch could be seen directing the medical experts to where they were needed before themselves then congregating by the dugout.

Play was stopped for around five minutes before resuming.

It is not clear what the exact nature of the emergency was and neither club has issued an update on the status of the supporter.

The pause in play meant 11 minutes of additional time were added.

Tottenham went on to win the match 1-0 and claim their first-ever WSL victory over Arsenal.

Martha Thomas scored the decisive goal in the 58th minute following a brilliant build-up from Spurs.

The result leaves Arsenal second in the WSL table, with Spurs in sixth.

A win would have seen the Gunners go top of the league following last week’s impressive 4-1 win over Chelsea.

Emma Hayes‘ side will now have the chance to extend their advantage at the top once again when they face Bristol City on Sunday.

Speaking after the match, goalscorer Thomas told Sky Sports: “It’s a great win for us. It’s been a tough week but I think we really deserved that. We put on a performance that we can be really proud of.

“We made a lot of changes on Wednesday [in the League Cup vs Arsenal] and put in a good performance then and thought we could continue that today.

“The manager felt that the same team deserved to go out and play again today minus the one change. That’s what we did.

“He told us to enjoy ourselves, play with freedom, like he always does. But we’ve come off the back of two bad results in the league so we know we can compete against these teams and we have shown that today.”

Arsenal next face Everton after the winter break on January 20, while Tottenham take on Sheffield United in the FA Cup on January 14.