Lukasz Fabianski revealed Swansea 's players were in shock after striker Bafetimbi Gomis collapsed against Tottenham and admitted the incident had scared him . The French forward lost consciousness during the match at White Hart Lane on Wednesday and while Gomis made a full recovery Fabianski insisted it had left the player shaken . 'From the moment when I saw something was wrong it was when Bafe was already on the floor and you could feel that everyone was in kind of shock , ' said Fabianski after the match . 'But from what I heard he 's OK now so hopefully everything is OK. ' Lukasz Fabianski revealed Swansea 's players were in shock after Bafetimbi Gomis collapsed against Spurs . Gomis lies face down on the pitch after collapsing during Swansea 's game with Tottenham . Concerned Tottenham players look on as the Swansea forward is attended to by medical staff . When asked if seeing his team-mate like that scared him , Fabianski replied : 'Obviously , it was a shocking moment , especially because it 's the same ground where something similar happened before , you just do n't want the same thing to happen . Those kind of things go through your mind . ' Swans midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson added : ' I asked the doctor and he said he was OK and hopefully would recover . Hopefully he will be back with us soon . 'It 's never nice to see someone go down like that . We have a good medical team and they came on to the pitch very quickly . Swans midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson said he was looking forward to having the striker back in the team . Gomis is helped by French goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso after the collapse in Guincamp . Players and staff call for help after then-Lyon striker Gomis collapses during a match in 2010 . 'It will be really nice to have him back , he 's an important player for us . ' Shocking as it was , it was n't the first time Gomis has experienced such a collapse . In 2009 , Gomis lost consciousness in both a pre-season friendly match with Lyon and during a training session with the French national team . He also lost collapsed during a match between Lyon and Monaco in 2010 , after which he said : ‘ I had an incident early in the game . I often do early in the season . I immediately felt good after that . I think it was related to stress and the desire to resume the season. ’ A vasovagal syncope , which is what Bafetimbi Gomis suffered on Wednesday night , is caused by a sudden decrease in blood pressure or heart-rate , triggered by emotional or physical factors . Reduced blood flow to the brain makes a person faint . It can be prompted by extreme exertion or anxiety . On the physical side , there are numerous tests that can be done when a player has a medical and it appears Swansea knew all about Gomis ’ s history . They will have checked the flow through his blood vessels under exercise stress , though emotional triggers are harder to quantify . It is a rare condition for a professional sportsman and is more common in older people . It is not something I have encountered in any other footballer . Thankfully , it is not an especially dangerous condition in isolation . The risks are low beyond what happens when you fall . You could hit your head or suffer trauma damage to another part of the body on landing . Often there is a stimulus that the person will recognise and they can act , by sitting down . Most sufferers feel fine in a matter of moments .
Bafetimbi Gomis collapsed at White Hart Lane on Wednesday . The Swansea City forward has collapsed three times before . He was taken to hospital in a critical condition and later died of his injuries after being rushed from the field by paramedics.