Arsenal star Frida Maanum's mother reveals 'nightmare' of watching on TV in Norway as her daughter collapsed during the Women's League Cup final

Frida Maanum's family have described their 'nightmare' of watching her collapse on TV from Norway with no idea about how seriously ill she was - but today revealed she is now home and 'doing well'.

The 24-year-old fell to the floor in the 95th minute and required oxygen, only finding out later that her team Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in extra time after she spoke to her manager Jonas Eidevall after the game at Molineux yesterday.

Mr Eidevall was seen waving his hands wildly and pointing at Frida after she collapsed during the Conti Cup final. Arsenal's left back Katie McCabe sprinted to her side and called for medics to enter the pitch quickly.

Watching at home in Oslo was Frida's mother Liz-Heidi Leonhardsen, who described her terror as she saw her daughter fall ill on live TV.

She said: 'It was a nightmare to follow the whole thing on TV without knowing what was going on'.

It is not yet known if Frida's partner Emma Lennartsson, a footballer based in Sweden, was in Wolverhampton for the cup final. But Frida's mother said someone in the crowd contacted her to tell her that her daughter was stable.

Mrs Leonhardsen told Norwegian tabloid VG: 'Fortunately, I received a relatively quick update from a friend of hers who was at the match - Frida is doing well now and she is being followed up by the medical team at Arsenal'.

Frida Maanum is surrounded by teammates after her collapse yesterday as her manager Jonas Eidevall (bottom left) gesticulates to get the match stopped and medics on to the pitch

Frida's mother Liz-Heidi Leonhardsen, together left, described her terror as she watched her daughter fall ill on live TV. It is not yet known if Frida's partner Emma Lennartsson, together right, was in the crowd

Maanum collapsed to the turf in the 95th minute of the League Cup final at Molineux 

She was immediately attended to by club doctors and paramedics, who rushed onto the pitch

The 24-year-old left on a stretcher with a oxygen mask, but did not need CPR

Eidevall and the Arsenal bench looked on apprehensively as Maanum received treatment

It emerged last night that Miss Maanum was well enough to travel back to London with the Arsenal Women's team.

Maanum appeared unresponsive for several minutes as Molineux fell silent while paramedics checked on her. 

The midfielder was not given CPR before she left the pitch on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.

Speaking after Arsenal's 1-0 win over Chelsea in extra time, Eidevall said he had spoken to the Norwegian and revealed she would join her teammates on the trip back to London.

Arsenal's Frida Maanum is stable after collapsing during the Women's League Cup final

'I have been able to have a conversation with her but not on a medical perspective,' he told talkSPORT.

'I just checked in with her, how she is doing and telling her that we won and understanding a little bit about the next steps, but I don't have any medical update.

'She is going to travel back with the team and after that we will provide an update.'

The reason for Maanum's collapse is still unknown but she was said to be responsive and talking after the game and will continue to be monitored by Arsenal's medical team.

The Gunners went on to beat Chelsea in extra-time, with Stina Blackstenius netting the winner in the 116th minute.

'This is probably one of the hardest situations because it looks very scary when Frida goes down,' Arsenal boss Eidevall said.

'Immediately after the game, we don't care about winning, we care about Frida - that is most important,' Eidevall said.

'But there was nothing we could do to control that situation, we can concentrate on football, and we wanted to make Frida a champion.

England forward Alessia Russo, who came on in Maanum's place, added: 'It's devastating to see one of your team-mates go down like that. We're all wishing and praying that she's OK.

'I think it was written in the stars that her best mate went and scored the winner for her.

'Frida is a massive player and plays with every bit of her body. She did that today. We just hope she's OK.'

It came after a fiery game where Chelsea boss Emma Hayes shoved  Jonas Eidevall after the final whistle. 

There was confrontation when Eidevall and Chelsea midfielder Erin Cutbert squared up to one another over a disagreement over a throw-in.

Cuthbert had attempted to use a new ball but Eidevall had pointed out that the game was not being played with a multi-ball system - at Chelsea's behest - meaning they had to collect the original ball that had gone out of play.

When Eidevall went to shake Hayes’ hand at the full-time whistle, the Chelsea manager could be seen pointing at her counterpart before giving him a shove in the stomach.

Emma Hayes appears to shove Jonas Eidevall following Arsenal's Conti Cup win over Chelsea 

The Chelsea boss throws an angry accusing finger in the direction of her rival after the game 

Eidevall clashed with Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert during the match over use of the match balls 

‘I think there’s a way to conduct yourself on the touchline, I really do,’ Hayes said.

‘I think it’s absolutely essential that we role model in the right way. I’m not down for male aggression on the touch line,

‘I’m really not, and fronting up to players, for me, that’s unacceptable. I’m disappointed and I told Jonas that.

‘I don’t think it’s OK to behave like that. He got a yellow card and he should have probably been sent off.

‘I’m all for competing to win, I’ve never been booked in 12 years, my time here, I totally accept he’s a winner and wants to win but his behaviour on the touchline wasn’t acceptable.

‘The way he fronted up to Erin I didn’t think was acceptable.

‘I was clear with him, I did not think it was acceptable. It’s not the first time he’s been told about his behaviour on the touchline. I want to say congratulations to Arsenal. They’ve won and I don’t want the talking point to be about that.’

When Eidevall was told Hayes had used the words ‘male aggression’ to describe his behaviour, the Arsenal boss responded by saying: ‘I think that’s a very irresponsible way of labelling the behaviour that I had. I don’t think it’s the truth.

‘I definitely don’t see me as aggressive in that situation, I think that’s very irresponsible putting that label onto it.

‘The argument we had was before the game, if both clubs agree to play a multi-ball system then the Conti Cup final will be played with a multi-ball system.

‘Arsenal wanted it to be played with a multi-ball system, Chelsea wanted it to be played with a one ball system. Therefore the final was played with a one ball system.

‘That incident that happens, the ball gets kicked away and Chelsea wants to take a new ball to throw a quick throw in and I said ‘you guys wanted to play with one ball, now we need to get that ball’. Of course Erin doesn’t get happy over that, I didn’t say anything more in that situation.

‘If we decide to play with one ball we play with one ball. I like to play with multi-ball, the game is quick, but they didn’t want to do it and you can’t do it when it suits you.

‘I think there is definitely a way you behave in the technical area, there is also a way you behave after the game, being a good winner, but you also need to be a good loser and be responsible in both those situations. I’m happy with the way I conduct myself and others need to look in the mirror and see if they’re happy with themselves.’