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Wolves defender Matt Doherty revealed Jamie Vardy apologised for the tackle that saw the Leicester City striker sent off by referee Mike Dean.

Vardy was shown a straight red for a reckless challenge on Doherty which saw the City striker win the ball but his follow through catch the defender just below the knee.

Doherty revealed that Vardy went into the away dressing room after the game to check that no injury had been done after Doherty had limped from the field following the incident.

“I’m fine, I’ve just got some stud marks,” said Doherty. “My leg wasn’t planted which was beneficial to me. I’m fine.

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“I think if my leg was planted it would have been worse but a split-second before, I could see it coming, so I kind of rolled with it. He still caught me but I’m okay.

“To be fair he knocked and looked in and asked if everything was alright. I said it was fine so there were no hard feelings. He said his apologies, so I’m fine with that.”

City are not expected to appeal Vardy’s red card even though boss Claude Puel admitted that his striker was “unlucky” to be sent off.

It was an unfortunate afternoon for Doherty, too, who not only came off injured after the collision with Vardy, but also saw his first-half effort cleared off the line before he headed into his own net to give Leicester the lead in their 2-0 win.

“Yeah, I missed a good chance, scored an own goal and was obviously involved in the tackle which Vardy was sent off for,” added Doherty. “So, it was a mixed bag!

"We started off really well and on another day we could have had two or three goals early on.

“I guess that’s just the Premier League, if you don’t score you get punished. And that’s exactly what happened.”

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