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Jamie Vardy missed the final few minutes of Leicester City’s 3-1 defeat at Arsenal after coming down with illness.

The Foxes striker was struck by stomach problems late in the game with City attempting to salvage a point after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s second-half double had put the Gunners in control.

Claude Puel explained after the match that the illness came on during the second half.

“Jamie was ill and he could not come back in the game and we finished with 10 me,” said Puel.

“You need to speak with him (to see if he was ill beforehand) but I think he felt this in the second half.”

Asked to confirm whether it was a stomach issue, Puel, still annoyed at referee Chris Kavanagh’s decision not to award a penalty for Rob Holding’s first-half handball, said wryly: “Yes, (Vardy) couldn’t digest the penalty decision.”

Vardy is expected to be fit for this Saturday’s home clash with West Ham.