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FABRICE Muamba told last night how he came back from the dead and said: “I asked God to protect me — and he didn’t let me down.”

The emotional soccer star, 24, was speaking for the first time since he collapsed and “died” on the pitch in front of millions of TV viewers.

Revealing a 3ins scar on his chest where doctors inserted a zapper to restart his heart if it stops again, the Bolton and England Under-21 midfielder said: “What happened to me was really more than a miracle.”

Muamba, a devout Christian, added: “I am walking proof of the power of prayer. For 78 minutes I was dead and even if I lived was expected to have suffered brain damage.

“But I’m very much alive and sitting here talking now. Someone up there was watching over me. On the morning of the game I prayed with my...

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