Christian Eriksen's Revival in Brentford

The events of 12th June 2021 will be etched in football history forever. Whilst playing for Denmark against Finland in the group stages of Euro 2020, Christian Eriksen, Denmark’s footballing hope, suffered a cardiac arrest.

The disturbing scene of the Danish medical team performing CPR on Eriksen was laid bare for the whole world to see. Fast forward almost a year later, the Danish talisman is now plying his trade at Brentford and has almost single-handedly steered the west London outfit away from the relegation zone. Here is how he did it. 

During his first year at Inter Milan, Eriksen struggled to hold down a place in Antonio Conte’s team. The lack of defensive effort and understanding of Conte’s automatisms had meant that the ex-Ajax prodigy could not win over his coach.

However, during the last six months of the 2020-2021 season, the Dane became one of the first names on the team sheet and was crucial during the team’s run to win the Scudetto.