Jamie Vardy takes injured referee’s whistle, blows it to stop Premier League game so official could get help

In a match between two teams that are already going back to the championship, it can be difficult for players, but Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy brought the show to the King Power Stadium in a 2-0 win over Southampton FC on Saturday in several ways. Vardy is at the club in his last season and scored a goal, but he also helped referee David Webb during the match.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Webb was hit by Leicester Vooruit Jordan Ayew, who sent him to the ground. Visible in pain, players Webb surrounded, but it was Vardy who took the referee’s whistle and blew it to bring a stop to the game. Because the ethos of football is to play until the whistle and webb were unable to enter, what Vardy brought in, the game stopped. Webb was ultimately able to walk off the field under his own strength before he was replaced by Phil Sharp as the center official after a stopping of almost 12 minutes.

“I felt sorry for the referee. He hit a brick wall called Jordan Ayew. That is not easy,” Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy Sai after the game. “And Jamie Vardy blew his whistle to stop the game, so we helped him beyond.”

Vardy has been the king of the antics during his time in Leicester City, so it is only appropriate that he was in the middle of this and gets the chance to blow the whistle. Shows the Foxes to the Premier League, which break the record for most consecutive games with a goal with 11, and also winning the Premier League title in the 2015-16 season, Vardy has achieved huge things with the club.

While the foxes go back to the championship, Vardy will have a final home game on 18 May at the King Power Stadium. They will also be confronted with a degraded side in that collision, Ipswich Town, while they are looking for the highest possible note. Now 38, it is unknown what Vardy’s next step will be, but he has brought many memories during his time in the Premier League with Leicester City, and Saturday was the last one.