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- Updated: December 23, 2016
Claudio Ranieri says he is “sad for football” after Leicester failed to overturn Jamie Vardy’s red card against Stoke.
A disciplinary panel upheld referee Craig Pawson’s decision to dismiss Vardy for a two-footed tackle on Mame Biram Diouf, ruling out the striker for City’s next three games.
Leicester’s chairman called the decision one that could “distort the charm of the Premier League”, and Ranieri was equally dispirited at his pre-Christmas press …