As the last year has shown us, Jamie Vardy has a knack of taking his frustration out on his own head when it comes to missing chances.
He’s been seen punching his own face shortly after failing to take opportunities for club and country over the last twelve months and, at Wembley on Sunday afternoon, he also decided to head-butt the ground having failed to score England’s third (his second) against Lithuania.
Yes, that really did happen https://t.co/QXEThuHzEr
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) March 26, 2017
So, when the Leicester frontman was seen sporting a black eye during the World Cup qualifier, you can probably guess why people were jumping to the wrong conclusions.
As it turns out, Vardy’s shiner wasn’t self-inflicted. Speaking to ITV Sport after the game, Vardy explained that the black eye was, in fact, caused by a football.
“It was a little accident,” he said. “My head, or should I say my eye, decided to connect with a football. That’s football.”
Vardy had started the game on the England bench, scoring the game’s second and final goal with virtually his first touch.
As a result, Gareth Southgate’s men now lead their qualifying group, with their next qualifier coming against Scotland in June.
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