Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba wanted to know his team's quarter-final FA Cup result against Tottenham Hotspur upon waking from his coma, according to his friend Aime Esalo.

The 23-year-old has made steady progress since suffering a cardiac arrest on Saturday, and was reportedly laughing and joking with Bolton teammates on Tuesday afternoon.

Esalo said that Muamba asked his father Marcel: "'Did we lose'? When he was told they were drawing. Fabrice asked why they had stopped the game and his father said 'Because of you'."

Bolton's Premier League match with Blackburn Rovers on Saturday is expected to go ahead.