Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy out for up to month with hamstring injury



Despite getting treatment on his injured leg in the second half, Vardy played through to the end of the game.

Jamie Vardy is set for up to a month on the sidelines after he picked up a hamstring injury in Tuesday's game.

After colliding with Reds' defender Matip, the 34-year-old decided to play on.

He missed the Manchester City defeat with the same injury.

Brendan Rodgers said that it could be the next three to four weeks.

Patson Daka will be out for another two-three weeks after limping out of the Carabao Cup defeat byLiverpool, while forward Kelechi Iheanacho has been called up to the Nigeria squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

The final will be on 6 February.

There is a lengthy injury list atLeicester that features another seven players.

The forwards for the next few weeks are Ademola Lookman and Ayoze Perez.

The demands of a busy fixture schedule and the pressure that Covid-related absences are having on the squad contributed to the injury to Vardy.

He thinks the fatigue element in that combination of games has led to it. The players are humans. People think that because they are paid a lot of money, they should play every single day of the week.

The combination of games and recovery time has made it difficult for him.