Frida Maanum says she is taking nothing in football for granted after she collapsed during her team's Conti Cup final clash against Chelsea.
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Maanum collapsed during Chelsea clashHas started new season well for ArsenalNorway star opened up on new perspectiveFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
On March 31, the Norway international went down off the ball late in the game – which Arsenal went on to win 3-1 – and underwent tests, which revealed that there were no "obvious cardiac causes" behind her collapse.
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Maanum is back on the field for Arsenal and off to a great start this season. After netting the decisive goal in a Champions League tie against Rosenborg, she netted an early opener for the Gunners as they started their Women's Super League campaign with a 2-2 draw against Manchester City.
WHAT MAANUM SAID
The 25-year-old says her perspective has changed since her collapse earlier this year as she took the summer break to reflect.
"Every time I step on the pitch, if it’s a training session or if it’s a game, I don’t take it for granted, because obviously it was hard to go through that time," she told . "It was important for me to get time off in the summer to reflect over what happened, but I feel even stronger going into the season after the last season and what happened in the final.
"It’s something I obviously wouldn’t want to happen but, at the same time, I’ve got a lot of positive things out of it, in terms of taking every opportunity, every training session, every game as it is, because I know not everyone has the opportunity to do what I’m doing after having had that happen."
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Arsenal are in action again on Thursday when they take on BK Hacken in the second-leg of their Champions League qualifying tie, and Maanum will hope to maintain her good form. The English team are 1-0 down from the first leg.
