Sweet 21 wasn’t Sweet at all for Wilfred Ndidi on Saturday as the Leicester City Midfielder was sent off in the PL game against Crystal Palace.
Leicester City were nailed to the cross, trailing 2-0 with 40 minutes of the first half action gone.
Ndidi first crossed paths with the Referee for a bad tackle on 52 minutes.
As the Foxes pushed to reduce the deficit the Nigeria International got more involved in the attack, however, it was much to his undoing.
An attempted one-two with Riyad Mahrez saw Ndidi go down inside the box appealing for a penalty but, got a second yellow as the Referee rightly booked him for diving.
2015 – Wilfred Ndidi is the first player to be sent off in the Premier League on his birthday since Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) vs West Ham United on October 17th 2015. Card. pic.twitter.com/ErPQ4pGttB
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 16, 2017
Unfortunately, it turns out it was his first sending off – albeit from two yellow cards – in his senior career.
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