Vardy Has Knee Problems During Warm-up But Forced Himself To Play In The Leicester Vs Brentford Match, Now He Is Injured

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JAKARTA - James Vardy was withdrawn due to injury in the first half of the match between Leicester City and Brentford on Sunday night. At that time, he had only touched the ball six times.

Patson Daka replaced the striker and orchestrated the Foxes' winning goal which was created by James Maddison.

After the game, manager Brendan Rodgers revealed Vardy felt something in his knee during the warm-up but was determined to keep playing. The manager felt he was not moving properly.

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"He feels something in the warm-up, something in his knee but he feels fine to keep playing," Rodgers said.

"You could see he wasn't as dynamic or moving as usual, so there's no point in taking any further risks if he's sick. So we gave him a break and put Patson in.

"We will see (his condition) tomorrow (Monday, ed)."

Brentford himself started well and Ivan Toney found the net for the visitors in the seventh minute, but the goal was immediately ruled out for offside.

After dampening the host's early aggressiveness, Leicester took the lead in the 14th minute through a sensational goal from Tielemans who snatched the ball away from the imperfect anticipation of the Brentford defense with a long-range shot that nestled well into the net.

Brentford struggled to come from behind and continued to press Leicester, but Toney's good chance to head in Frank Onyeka's cross was denied by Kasper Schmeichel who made a brilliant save to keep the score 1-0 up until halftime.

After the break, Leicester tried to kick off since entering the second half but Maddison's long-range speculation attempt could still be countered by goalkeeper David Raya.

Brentford finally managed to equalize in the 60th minute taking advantage of a corner kick that was sent by Mathias Jensen and was met with a perfect header by Mathias Jorgensen.

Brentford's momentum continues but their chances of turning things around are still not coming to fruition.

It was Leicester who managed to restore the lead in the 73rd minute when Patson Daka fished Raya out of the net before releasing a pull pass which Maddison only had to finish into the no-man's net.

Since then Brentford's efforts to get back up have never produced dangerous chances, until Leicester brought home the full three points from this match.

"It's a brilliant result on a long journey in a week," said Rodgers.

"It's a very difficult place to come to, a tough team, Thomas (Frank, Brentford boss) has done a great job. They're hard to beat."