Liverpool fan Sean Cox who was attacked outside Anfield before Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against AS Roma earlier this year has regained conscoiousness after almost three months spent in a coma.

The 53-year-old father-of-three was left in a critical condition after the incident on April 24.

Mr Cox works for the Irish firm Precision Cables and a brief statement on the electrical industry website Electric.ie said: "Sean has regained consciousness and is undergoing dedicated rehabilitation. Recovery is progressing positively but very slowly.

"His colleagues in Precision Cables are overwhelmed by the support and good wishes for Sean and his family that they receive on a daily basis.

"They would like once again to ask that you keep him in your prayers and that he will continue on his road to recovery."

Mr Cox was airlifted from Liverpool's Walton Centre to Beaumont Hospital in Ireland at the end of May and has been receiving constant medical care. He was put into an induced coma after suffering a bleed to his brain.