Bolton manager Coyle describes Muamba's recovery progress as 'remarkable'

London, Apr 5(ANI): Bolton Wanderer's manager Owen Coyle has revealed that he had visited Fabrice Muamba in the hospital, and he is recovering remarkably well.

Muamba is now able to walk as he continues his recovery from the cardiac arrest that almost killed him. He is recovering in the London Chest Hospital.

"When I went to see him last week, he was able to walk around his room. He's come out the bed and sat in the chair. That was a week ago. And bit-by-bit the improvements are coming. God willing he gets back to a high standard," The Telegraph quoted Coyle s saying.

"He's getting better day by day. It's truly remarkable, given where he's come from, when his heart stopped for over an hour and a half. There was a concern about the lack of oxygen during that period, but where he is now is terrific. He's still got a long way to go. He's stable. But he's still in intensive care," he added

Muamba collapsed in the first half of Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final on March 17 after suffering a cardiac arrest which stopped his heart beating and he would have died without the immediate help of medical stuff on the pitch.

He was only kept alive by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while attempts were made to revive him with a defibrillator, and it took 78 minutes for the midfielder's heart to start working on its own again.

The drama captured the hearts of the football world, with tributes and well wishes flooding in from across the globe, while his recovery has been an inspiration to many. (ANI)