Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
It wasn’t a challenge from Vardy though. It was a coming together and his momentum took him into Mustafi. At least that’s what happened in the eyes of the ref. Only Vardy himself knows if he meant to leave one on Mustafi, so it’s difficult to interpret those kind of incidents because they appear so accidental and innocuous.

With clumsy attempts to get the ball like Nketiah, it’s easier to determine what happened.

Vardy is as nasty as they come so I reckon he probably did mean it but I can see why it went unnoticed.
I can see what you mean but I just watched the replay again and I don't think it's just momentum:
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...-vardy-let-off

There's a replay on the second video on that link. Watch Vardy's left leg after he lands, he definitely kicks out. No idea if there was any intent or not but that's irrelevant anyway, for me that's dangerous and should have been a red for the same reason Nketiah got sent off.