{"id":300580,"date":"2023-11-26T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300580"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:24:23","slug":"jamie-vardy-punches-himself-in-frustration-after-missing-a-sitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jamie-vardy-punches-himself-in-frustration-after-missing-a-sitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in frustration after missing a sitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in the face in frustration after missing a sitter in Leicester&#8217;s game with Watford&#8230; before the striker redeems himself with late double<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vardy fired over the crossbar from six yards out as Leicester sought an opener<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>36-year-old striker reacted by socking himself in the face but later scored twice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Postecoglou&#8217;s Tottenham: IAKO looks at culture and philosophy changes\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even aged 36, Jamie Vardy still gets the same kick out of scoring a goal as at any stage in his prolific career.<\/p>\n<p>So when the Leicester City frontman misses what he&#8217;d consider a sitter, it can&#8217;t go unpunished.<\/p>\n<p>When Vardy squandered a golden opportunity during Saturday&#8217;s Championship clash with Watford, he responded first by collapsing to the turf in frustration and then by punching himself in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Walking away having failed to convert a Stephy Mavididi cross that sat up perfectly for him just six yards out, Vardy swung his gloved fist and appeared to sock himself one right in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>His unorthodox self-punishment seemed to do the trick, however, as the former England striker later netted twice to earn Enzo Maresca&#8217;s side a 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/12\/78244971-12792389-image-a-43_1701000640844.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Vardy reacted to missing a sitter by punching himself in the face during Leicester City&#8217;s Championship clash with Watford on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/12\/78244969-12792389-image-a-44_1701002043011.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Having punished himself, Vardy later redeemed himself by scoring twice in the 2-0 victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/12\/78246771-12792389-image-a-45_1701002168487.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The second of his goals came from the penalty spot after Daniel Bachmann clipped him<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It represented the perfect response for the Foxes, who lost back-to-back games against Leeds United and Middlesbrough prior to the internationals.<\/p>\n<p>It also left the promotion favourites three points clear at the top after second-placed Ipswich Town went down 2-0 at West Bromwich Albion later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Making the weekend even better for Leicester, third-placed Leeds United are now 10 points behind them after they could only draw 1-1 with lowly Rotherham United on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy&#8217;s uncharacteristic miss came with 17 minutes to go but on 76 minutes he prodded home Leicester&#8217;s opener from a similar position after Jannik Vestergaard&#8217;s header was pushed out by Hornets keeper Daniel Bachmann straight to him.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy then won Leicester a penalty deep into stoppage time when Bachmann clipped him and was given his marching orders.<\/p>\n<p>With defender Ryan Porteous forced to don the gloves, Vardy hammered home his seventh goal of the season from 12 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca said afterwards:\u00a0&#8216;When I saw Jamie missing twice, I thought it was not going to happen, but Jamie has scored goals all his life and he will continue to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is the reason why he&#8217;s Jamie Vardy. He&#8217;s scored more than 100 goals in the Premier League and he has always scored goals in his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/12\/78228523-12792389-Jamie_Vardy_celebrates_scoring_the_opener_in_the_2_0_win_over_Wa-a-47_1701002325885.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring the opener in the 2-0 win over Watford at the King Power\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/12\/78246773-12792389-image-a-46_1701002190202.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Foxes boss Enzo Maresca said he never doubted Vardy would take a chance eventually<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You have to be there. You miss a chance and then he was there again. That was the most important thing. He missed a chance and he was in the right position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you are in the right position inside the box you can miss and in the end you are going to find the goal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12792389\/Jamie-Vardy-PUNCHES-missing-sitter-Leicesters-game-Watford.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in the face in frustration after missing a sitter in Leicester&#8217;s game with Watford&#8230; before the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in frustration after missing a sitter - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jamie-vardy-punches-himself-in-frustration-after-missing-a-sitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in frustration after missing a sitter - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jamie Vardy PUNCHES HIMSELF in the face in frustration after missing a sitter in Leicester&#8217;s game with Watford&#8230; 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