Jamie Vardy sent off for 1st time in Leicester City career
Jamie Vardy abruptly shut down his party on Sunday.
After giving Leicester City a 1-0 lead at home to West Ham United with a superb goal in the 18th minute, Vardy was shown a second yellow card for diving in the early moments of the Premier League fixture's second half, resulting in the English forward's first red card since he joined the Foxes in 2012.
Jamie Vardy is sent off for the first time in his Leicester career. His last red came for Fleetwood in Sept. 2011. pic.twitter.com/6JtgNs5AMi
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 17, 2016
Vardy was brought down by Angelo Ogbonna inside West Ham's penalty area in the 56th minute, but referee Jon Moss deemed the contact wasn't enough to merit a penalty kick, and certainly not enough to justify the flying leap that followed.
2 - Jamie Vardy is only the second Leicester player to score and be sent off in the same PL game (also David Lowe v Wimbledon in 94). Dive.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 17, 2016
Chants of "you're not fit to referee" subsequently echoed around King Power Stadium.