Jamie Vardy stops the Leicester vs. Southampton match by blowing the referee's whistle after an official sustains a head injury.
During the Premier League game at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, Jamie Vardy sounds the referee whistle to halt play, and referee David Webb appears hurt following a collision with Jordan Ayew of Leicester City.
After the referee was hurt on Saturday, Leicester City captain Jamie Vardy took matters into his own hands and blew his whistle to halt play.
Referee David Webb was unintentionally struck by Leicester's Jordan Ayew midway through the first half of the Premier League match between Leicester and fellow demoted Southampton. He slumped to the ground, clutching his head while play went on around him.
To stop the game, Vardy, who will leave Leicester at the end of the season after 13 years there, leaped to his feet and lifted Webb's arm to blow his whistle, which was wrapped around the referee's right hand.
After receiving medical attention, Webb was taken off the pitch, and fourth official Sam Barrott took his place in the middle.
Prior to this, Vardy had tied Robin van Persie for the 144th Premier League goal. After grabbing a rebound from his own free-kick that had struck the wall, Ayew added a second.
Twelve minutes were extended to the end of the first half at King Power Stadium because of the delay in getting Webb treated and getting Barrott ready to take his place.
After the 12-minute delay, Leicester recovered the fastest, and after 44 minutes, Ayew's strong drive into the bottom corner from beyond the box increased their advantage after the Ghanaian had hammered a free-kick against the wall.
When his attempted cross swung onto the top of the bar in first-half stoppage time, the vivacious El Khannouss came very close to giving the home team a third goal.
After the interval, Southampton's play could only get better, and they nearly equalised when Stolarczyk made a great save to block Paul Onuachu's header from Kamaldeen Sulemana's cross.
The visitors only made a fleeting attempt, and Leicester came very close to extending their advantage when Wilfred Ndidi's attempt from El Khannouss' corner was diverted wide.
When Southampton goalie Aaron Ramsdale beat Vardy's free-kick away, Vardy came so close to reaching his 200-goal milestone.
With seven minutes remaining, El Khannouss broke into the Saints half and missed the opportunity to play in Vardy, who rolled a shot wide as the home team easily won a rare victory.
