Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy was sent off during Leicester's win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday after a dangerous challenge on right-back Matt Doherty. The England international, who scored on their opening game of the season against Manchester United, was sent for an early bath in the 65th minute when he connected with Doherty's leg with force. "He's had a look at Doherty and he thought 'I'm not getting hurt in this one'..." "He's lost his rag a little bit." "That's like Gazza in the cup final." Jamie Vardy has been shown a straight red card, and the #BTSportScore team are not one bit impressed. pic.twitter.com/VCP3WiSi2S - BT Sport Score (@btsportscore) August 18, 2018 Claude Puel's side went on to win the game 2-0 thanks to an own goal from the Irish defender and a 45th minute striker from the talented James Maddison. Advert 10 But this moment somewhat took the shine off the win. It could have been so much worse for Doherty, who should be fine after the collision. Image: Premier League<doc-sep>Leicester City handed Wolves a lesson in the ruthless realities of the Premier League despite having Jamie Vardy sent off controversially. The England striker, making his first start of the season after World Cup duty, was shown a straight red card on 66 minutes for a hefty challenge on Matt Doherty. By then, however, his side had already weathered an early onslaught from Wolves and punished the newly-promoted side for costly missed opportunities. Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Show all 15 1 /15 Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Saturday's Premier League action in pictures AFP/Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Newcastle Utd via Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures Action Plus via Getty Images Saturday's Premier League action in pictures AFP/Getty Images It was a clash between two talented sides; one streetwise and battle-hardened in the top flight and the other still finding its feet. Nuno Espirito Santo’s men twice struck the Leicester woodwork, missed a glaring chance via Doherty and saw Ruben Neves denied well by Kasper Schmeichel. But they were made to pay with a Doherty own-goal and a long-range effort on his home debut by £22m summer signing James Maddison. Marc Albrighton celebrates after putting Leicester in front (Reuters) It was a timely win for Leicester manager Claude Puel to silence mutterings about his future, but barring a successful appeal he will now face the next three games without his talismanic striker. Vardy was punished for a challenge that won the ball but left Doherty in a heap and was a rare example of poor decision-making on a day when Leicester’s game management represented a crash course for Santos’ Wolves. After a bright opening from Leicester, it was Wolves who had two glaring chances to open the scoring inside the first four minutes. Both were created by powerful running from Raul Jimenez, whose lay-off found Joao Moutinho for a powerful shot that struck the crossbar. When Jimenez recovered an apparent lost cause moments later, his cross found Matt Doherty and he forced Ben Chilwell to make an important block. But Wolves were given a warning of Leicester’s potency moments later when summer signing Ricardo Pereira cut in from right-back and fed Demarai Gray in the penalty area. Matt Doherty deflects the ball into his own net as Rui Patricio helplessly looks on (Reuters) The Leicester forward was bearing down on goal when Wolves defender Ryan Bennett intervened with a vital challenge. Wolves began to gain the upper hand, however, and only the Leicester woodwork denied them the lead on 22 minutes. Diogo Jota challenged for a loose ball that broke to Jimenez, whose right-footed effort thudded against Kasper Schmeichel’s right-hand post, struck the goalkeeper on the rebound and ran out for a corner. Yet it was Leicester who led on 29 minutes in bizarre fashion. Wilfred Ndidi found Marc Albrighton, whose cross clipped the head of Conor Coady and was headed into his own net by Doherty as Gray waited to pounce. It was 2-0 on the stroke of half-time as Ricardo Pereira’s powerful run from right-back cut through the heart of Wolves. He found Maddison, whose shot from 20 yards took a slight deflection off Coady and beat Patricio. Jamie Vardy was sent-off for a bad foul on Matt Doherty (Getty) In stoppage time, Helder Costa had a rare effort for Wolves but he blazed over from the edge of the penalty area. Wolves introduced two substitutes at half-time and one of them, record signing Adama Traore, made an instant impression. He powered down the left and crossed to the far post, where the ball dropped for Jimenez, only for Chilwell to block the Mexican’s shot. The changes prompted a response from Leicester who, in another show of nous, introduced an extra defender in Daniel Amartey to nullify the threat of Wolves’ forwards. However, on 66 minutes the plan was undermined when Vardy lost the ball and flew into a challenge on Doherty with what referee Mike Dean deemed was excessive force. Jamie Vardy will now miss Leicester's next three matches (Getty) Despite winning the ball, Vardy was shown a straight red card for the ferocity of his tackle and Doherty limped off to be replaced by Morgan Gibbs-White. Yet despite their numerical disadvantage, Leicester closed out victory clinically with a powerful shot against the post by Jonny Castro Otto as close as the visitors came to setting up a tense finale with goalkeeper Rui Patricio denying Chilwell a late third for the hosts. Teams Leicester (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell; Mendy, Ndidi; Albrighton (Amartey 60), Maddison (Iheanacho 82), Gray (Silva 82); Vardy. Substitutes: Morgan, Ward, Fuchs, Ghezzal. Booked: Evans. Sent off: Vardy. Wolves (3-4-3): Patricio; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty (Gibbs-White 69), Coutinho, Neves, Jonny; Costa (Traore HT), Jimenez, Jota (Bonatini HT). Substitutes: Ruddy, Saiss, Vinagre, Hause. Booked: Gibbs-White. Referee: Mike Dean Attendance: 32,033<doc-sep>It's fair to say Irish international Matt Doherty had an eventful afternoon yesterday, missing a guilt-edged goal chance at one end, scoring a peach of a header at the wrong end, before later finding himself on the receiving end of horror challenge from Jamie Vardy. Vardy's tackle earned him a red card, while Doherty was forced off with injury. Thankfully it seem Doherty's wounds were not too serious, with local Wolves correspondent, Tim Spiers reporting that stud marks aside he is ok. Spoke to Matt Doherty who says he's ok - got stud marks down his leg but as his foot wasn't planted it doesn't seem there's any damage #wwfc — Tim Spiers (@TimSpiers) August 18, 2018 Advertisement On last night's Match of the Day, Ian Wright was not overly critical of Vardy for the challenge, simply saying he thought it was 'aggressive' and couldn't understand how he ended up with his foot so high. Leicester's manager Claude Puel defended Vardy, telling Sky Sports: It was not his intention to make a foul and he touched the ball. He was enthusiastic and it is a pity. We need now to find a solution to replace him and it will be a good opportunity for another player to show their quality. Perhaps after touching the ball he touches the player. It was not aggressive and he has been unlucky with this tackle. Doherty's own goal meanwhile, really was a bullet of a header to be fair. One of the all time great own goal finishes. Well worth checking out.<doc-sep>
JAMIE VARDY put Saturday’s red card behind him with a day out at the races. The England hitman spent this afternoon at Leicester racecourse after beating Wolves at the King Power last weekend. 5 Jamie Vardy and Wes Morgan with Chonburi, the winner of the Gallowgate Nursery Handicap Credit: �focusonracing.com Vardy was shown a straight red card for his reckless second-half tackle on Wanderers defender Matt Doherty. The striker was accompanied by Foxes skipper Wes Morgan and watched on as Chonburi, owned by Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha won the Gallowgate Nursery Handicap. Srivaddhanaprabha had five other runners at the meeting, but none of them managed to win. Leicester will not be appealing Vardy’s sending off and forward will serve a three-game suspension. 5 Chonburi romps home to win the Gallowgate Nursery Handicap at Leicester today Credit: �focusonracing.com 5 Jamie Vardy and Wes Morgan with trainer Richard Hannon after Chonburi's win Credit: �focusonracing.com 5 Jamie Vardy with a reckless challenge on Wolves defender Matt Doherty Credit: Getty - Contributor 5 Referee Mike Dean shows Jamie Vardy a straight red card for his challenge Credit: Reuters Foxes boss Claude Puel will be will have without last season’s top scorer for Saturday’s trip to Southampton, the EFL Cup clash with his former club Fleetwood and next month’s league game at Liverpool. Vardy will return for the Premier League game against Bournemouth on September 15. His absence will be a huge miss, especially against Jurgen Klopp’s side as Vardy has hit seven goals in his last five outings against the Kop. The Wolves win will have come as a relief to Puel after an impressive display but narrow defeat at Manchester United last week. A Doherty own-goal and James Maddison’s first strike since his £22million move from Norwich were enough to seal all three points.