Doherty won’t hold Vardy grudge
MATT DOHERTY says there are “no hard feelings” with Jamie Vardy for his dangerous lunge.
The Wolves defender revealed the England striker apologised for the wild 66th-minute challenge that earned him a straight red.
On an eventful day for Doherty, he also missed a glorious chance to put Wolves ahead, scored a spectacular own-goal, and was then roundly booed as he limped away from the action after Vardy’s tackle.
But the Dubliner was just glad he saw the challenge coming or it could have
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been much more serious. He said: “I’m fine, I’ve just got some stud marks. My leg wasn’t planted. If it had been, it would have been worse but a split-second before I could see it coming, so I kind of rolled with it.”
Vardy was not in the mood to talk but did say he had seen a replay and his challenge did not look good.
“To be fair, he knocked at the dressing room and asked if everything was all right,” said Doherty. “I said it was fine so there’s no hard feelings.”
Things might have been much different for Doherty. Wolves hit the woodwork three times and were unlucky, but once Leicester scored through the owngoal and James Maddison got a second, Wolves never looked like coming back.
Doherty said: “I missed a good chance, scored an own-goal and was obviously involved in the tackle for which Vardy was sent off – so I just had a bad day at the office. We started off really well and on another day we could have had two or three goals early on.”
The heady days of rolling over teams in the Championship last season are gone and Wolves need to wake up to that quickly.
However, Foxes defender Jonny Evans said: “Wolves will be disappointed. They are a good team, with a lot of Portuguese internationals. They will do well.”