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Reuters
Apr 21, 2025, 04:58 PM ET
Jamie Vardy criticised himself and his chap Leicester City players pursuing their relegation from the Premier League, saying his ain show successful the run had been an "embarrassment."
A 1-0 location decision by runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool condemned 19th-placed Leicester to relegation connected Sunday, aft conscionable 1 play backmost successful the apical flight.
Leicester, who won the Premier League rubric against each likelihood successful 2016, are successful the midst of a dismal run, losing their past 9 location league games successful a enactment without scoring -- an English record.
Former England planetary Vardy, Leicester's goalscoring leader successful their 2016 rubric tally and a Premier League Golden Boot victor successful 2019-20, besides failed to impress, scoring conscionable 7 league goals successful 31 appearances this season.
"At this point, I don't adjacent cognize what to say. No words I person tin ever explicit my feelings of choler and sadness with the mode this play has gone," the 38-year-old said successful a station connected societal media connected Monday.
"There are nary excuses. Collectively, arsenic players and arsenic a club, we failed. There is simply nary hiding, and I garbage to entertain immoderate proposition of doing so.
"Having been astatine this nine for truthful long, we've experienced truthful galore highs and successes -- and this play has been thing but miserable and for maine personally, a full embarrassment. It hurts, and I cognize you're feeling it too. To the fans: I'm sorry. Sorry we haven't performed, and atrocious we extremity the 2025 play with specified a s--t show."
Leicester, 19th successful the standings with 18 points from 33 games, adjacent question to look Wolverhampton Wanderers connected Saturday.
