Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has been taken off the ventilator as his condition continues to improve, the club said this morning.
Houllier, who underwent 11 hours of emergency open-heart surgery at the weekend, had a comfortable night at Liverpool's Broadgreen cardiothoracic unit and is now conscious and breathing unaided.
The 54-year-old Frenchman had complained of chest pains during the half time of Saturday's game with Leeds. Tests showed he was suffering from a condition known as dissection of the aorta and had not had a heart attack.
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