Jamie Vardy's wife Rebekah gave two Leicester fans free tickets for the Champions League quarter-final with Atletico Madrid.

The Foxes' fairytale came to an end at the King Power on Tuesday night after a 1-1 draw with Atletico.

Rebekah made the trip to support her husband and handed free tickets to David Gregson and Chris Hewett.

She saw David, 62, appealing for tickets outside the ground and also set one aside for Chris after he took to Twitter in a desperate bid to get to the game.

Rebekah, 35, replied to a tweet from Chris and joked "Santa IS real" as she provided a ticket for the once-in-a-lifetime encounter.

He hailed the England striker's wife "a star" and added: "thanks to the kind actions of a superstar's wife we can say that we were there when our team played a Champions League quarter-final at the King Power Stadium."

The pair met at the game and posed for a photograph inside the stadium.

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Gregson told the Leicester Mercury : "I had cycled to the ground and made a sign pleading for a ticket. A steward had asked me to move on but I refused.

"I saw this burly man coming over and he had a woman with him. She said she would give me a ticket - free ticket.

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"I only realised who the kind woman was when I heard people shout that it was Rebekah Vardy. It was a wonderful gesture."

Foxes striker Vardy scored Leicester's equaliser on the night after Saul Niguez's opener but they couldn't add to their tally and exited the competition.