Jamie Vardy hails Leicester spirit as Atletico Madrid call time on Foxes’ European party
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Published 18/04/2017 at 21:07 GMT
Jamie Vardy said Leicester City could be “proud of themselves” on Tuesday evening after a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid saw the Foxes leave the Champion League.
Jamie Vardy looks dejected as Leicester City bow out of the Champions League
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Leicester lost the first leg of their quarter-final tie with Atletico by just 1-0 at the Calderon in Madrid, with their visitors leaving the King Power Stadium on Tuesday with a 2-1 aggregate victory.
Speaking to reporters after the match on Tuesday, Vardy who scored Leicester’s only goal in the two legs, said: “We’ve given it our all.”
Though he admitted the second half of Tuesday’s game had been the better of the two for his team, he said: “We threw everything at them second half, had some joy but it wasn't meant to be. We left it all out there, can hold our heads high.”
Manager Craig Shakespeare echoed Vardy’s sentiment, telling reporters: “We had to make changes and go more direct [in the second half], but the effort we showed was excellent.”
He added: “[It’s] no disgrace to lose to a team like that.”
Despite what Vardy called an enjoyable experience for his team, he said they had unfinished business to attend to in the Premier League, in which they currently sit in 12th place but still only nine points above the drop zone.
He said: “we’ve enjoyed it but now it’s back to the grind of getting on with the Premier League.”
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