Jamie Vardy is set to escape retrospective action for his clash with Shkodran Mustafi despite Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta claiming the Leicester striker should have been sent off.
Arteta believed Vardy should not have been on the pitch to score Leicester’s 84th-minute equaliser in the 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium after the first-half incident in which the tumbling Vardy’s boot made contact with Mustafi’s head.
Arsenal substitute Eddie Nketiah was sent off in the second half for a challenge on Foxes defender James Justin after referee Chris Kavanagh checked replays on the pitch-side monitor, leading Arteta to suggest Vardy deserved similar punishment.
But Sportsmail understands the Premier League’s top scorer is unlikely to face further scrutiny for the Mustafi tangle, meaning he would be clear to face Bournemouth on Sunday as Leicester look to build on their point against the Gunners.
After the game, Arteta said: ‘If Eddie is a red card for sure the other is a red card.
‘If we review incidents of that type we review them all. It has to be something equal for everybody because it changes the game for everybody.’
Vardy spent nearly four months on 99 Premier League goals after the coronavirus pandemic halted all professional football in England from mid-March until mid-June, but now has three goals in his last two matches, taking his tally for the campaign to 22 – two clear of Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers added: ‘I haven’t seen it [the Vardy incident] to be honest and I didn’t even think about looking at it afterwards.’
Credit: dailymail.co.uk
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