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Brendan Rodgers revealed Jamie Vardy chose not to take a penalty for Leicester in Carabao Cup shootout loss to Liverpool due to a hamstring issue picked up in normal time at Anfield

Brendan Rodgers revealed Jamie Vardy did not take a penalty in Leicester's Carabao Cup shooutout loss to Liverpool as he was suffering from an injured hamstring.

The Foxes threw away two separate two-goal leads at Anfield on Wednesday to draw their League Cup quarter-final 3-3 with Jurgen Klopp's side, before going onto lose 5-4 on spot kicks.

Vardy, who is normally Leicester's first-choice penalty taker, opted not to take an effort on Wednesday night with Luke Thomas and Ryan Bertrand both missing, leaving Diogo Jota to score the sudden death winner to send the Reds into the last four.