The Premier League match between Newcastle United and Tottenham was halted in the first half due to a medical emergency in the crowd at St James’ Park.
The game came to a halt in the 40th minute, with Spurs leading 2-1, after referee Andre Marriner was alerted to the incident by players and supporters.
Both sets of players walked to the sidelines as emergency crews attended the casualty in the East Stand, with Newcastle’s club doctor Paul Catterson seen carrying a defibrillator.
After consulting police, the referee took the players off the field with play having been suspended for around six minutes.
Some 12 minutes after the game had stopped, an announcement was made that the teams would be returning to complete the first half, for which seven minutes of stoppage time had earlier been signalled.
Newcastle confirmed that the casualty had been stabilised and was on the way to hospital as the players reemerged to warm up.
After the resumption in play, Tottenham increased their lead in added time through Heung-Min Son.
Ginola recalls role CPR played in his recovery from cardiac arrest
Former Newcastle midfielder David Ginola had a quadruple heart bypass after suffering cardiac arrest during a charity match in France in 2016 and was a Sky Sports pundit at St James’ Park on Sunday.
Ginola was given CPR on the pitch at the time and spoke of its importance in enabling someone of having a better chance of a full recovery.
“This is what saved my life – those were the words of the surgeons that operated on me,” he said.
“The one who saved my life were the ones on the football pitch who knew how to perform CPR. They did it for 12 minutes and I was dead for 12 minutes. It is so important as otherwise the brain will be damaged.
“Sometimes [when doing CPR] people don’t want to hurt you too much but you need to go deep and break ribs. When you learn how to do it, you are going very strong on the body. This is the key. It’s vital.”