His decision not to appeal is likely to limit any possible further suspension to only the game against Manchester United on May 1 and neither of the Foxes’ final two games against Everton and Chelsea.
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Eric Cantona’s victor for United at Newcastle in March 1996 carried similar importance, while Arsenal galloped to the title in 1998 after Marc Overmars secured a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford two years later.
West Ham kept their dreams of a top-four finish alive during the weekend when they got a point away from the Kings Palace Stadium in the 2 – 2 draw.
“Vardy has been one of the best players in the league”.
“I love to play with this team because they have this character when we are losing or in a bad situation”.
It was the kind of predicament that would have finished off a less spirited team, but the Foxes refused to surrender and won a dubious penalty deep into stoppage-time when referee Jonathan Moss ruled Carroll had tripped Jeffrey Schlupp. Dema (Demarai Gray) has come on in the last few weeks and showed for a young lad his maturity and he’s an attacking threat. We’re not from the back streets of Uruguay or Colombia so I don’t know what you can do as a coach to make them suddenly that way.
Under normal circumstances, Vardy would merely miss one fixture but he faces an additional ban owing to his behaviour after Moss showed him a second yellow card.
After the match, Bilic suggested Moss had been swayed by a fervent Leicester crowd as the clock ticked down but he was in more reflective mood on Tuesday.
“I can’t go another game watching Emenike”, Sam Clack wrote.
“You want me to talk about the penalty?”
It has been a quite unbelievable turnaround for a team who narrowly avoided relegation last term, with Leicester’s upturn late in Nigel Pearson’s reign continuing following the arrival of the ex-Chelsea boss in July.
Will Leicester hold on to win the league?
Simpson felt the last-gasp point secured against the Hammers could prove vital.
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“It was awful on Sunday”, Simpson said. I think he was unbalanced, running at that speed.
