WITNESSING medics battle to save footballer Christian Eriksen after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch on Saturday helped one Cairneyhill youngster overcome his own fears.

Little Ollie Munro had been scared of the prospect of going into hospital to have six teeth extracted on Monday.

But seeing the amazing medical team bring the Danish footballer back to life made him see that doctors would make him better too.

The football-daft Liverpool fan had been becoming increasingly anxious about his trip to hospital but was reassured by the miracles performed by those treating Eriksen.

He later drew a picture of the scene on the Copenhagen pitch and took it with him in the car to the hospital to remind him of how he would also be helped.

"What happened was Ollie has had problems with his teeth being so soft that they crumble," said Syrian. "He has had a bit of a problem for a wee while and has been in and out of the dentist and has had days off school because he has been in so much pain.

"Ollie was obviously really apprehensive. He worries about the littlest of things as it is – the little things a little six-year-old shouldn't worry about."

The Cairneyhill Primary 1 pupil had been watching the match with family when he saw Eriksen take ill on the pitch.

"He went a bit quiet and walked away himself and I said, 'What's wrong dude?' and he said, 'Mum what are they doing to that player?'" said Syrian.

"I explained about CPR then he went quite quiet. We came home and the news came on that night and said he was stable in hospital and I made sure Ollie saw that.

"I was watching something and he was drawing a picture. I said, 'What's that?' and he said, 'That's Eriksen and that is all his team-mates around him looking after him'.

"He said, 'Do you know how I am going into hospital, are they going to be as good with me?' I said everything was going to be fine and when he gets his teeth out, he won't have any more toothache."

Reassured, Ollie went to the Victoria Hospital on Monday morning and had his operation before being allowed home in time to watch Scotland play their first fixture.

"He went into the hospital and they said they were going to put a mask on his face because he was getting gas and air and straight away, he said that is what the footballer got," added Syrian. "I told him it made him loads better and it will make you better.

"I don't know why but the whole story with Eriksen just grabbed him. It gave him a sense of calmness. He had seen this man and the medics working on him. It almost reassured him. It got him to overcome his fears.

"He is football-daft. It is nice that something he loves has almost eased his worries. He saw the medics and doctors and what they did and said, 'Well, if they can do that, they are there to help you'."

Liverpool fanatic Ollie received a well deserved visit from the tooth fairy after his ordeal and is now recovering at home.