{"id":299807,"date":"2023-12-19T10:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299807"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:24:40","slug":"leicester-fans-taunt-rooney-with-vardy-masks-at-wagatha-christie-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/leicester-fans-taunt-rooney-with-vardy-masks-at-wagatha-christie-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester fans taunt Rooney with Vardy masks at Wagatha Christie derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Leicester fans taunt Wayne Rooney with Jamie Vardy masks at the Wagatha Christie derby&#8230; as Foxes pile on the misery for the Birmingham boss<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamie Vardy missed the Wagatha Christie derby because of a knee injury\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leicester City fans mocked Rooney as the Foxes went on to secure a 3-2 victory\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roy Keane can be a pantomime villain, but you can never accuse him of faking it. He couldn&#8217;t hide his simmering irritation &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leicester City fans taunted Wayne Rooney by wearing Jamie Vardy masks at the game dubbed the Wagatha Christie derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s match was supposed to be the first time that Vardy and Rooney were due to go up against each other since their wives&#8217; scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vardy ultimately missed the game with a knee injury, but it did not stop Leicester fans mocking Rooney during their 3-2 victory over Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were pictured arriving at the game and in the grandstands with Vardy masks, in their bid to wind up the Manchester United legend.<\/p>\n<p>They cranked up their efforts during the game with chants of &#8216;Rooney, Rooney what&#8217;s the score&#8217; and &#8216;Jamie Vardy, he&#8217;s won more than you&#8217; after the Foxes took the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/09\/79119421-0-image-a-2_1702979080382.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leicester City fans taunted Wayne Rooney by wearing Jamie Vardy masks on Monday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/09\/79119433-0-image-a-3_1702979115496.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leicester piled the misery on struggling Birmingham City boss Rooney in a 3-2 victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/09\/79119427-0-image-a-4_1702979230342.jpg\" height=\"465\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vardy (right) missed the reunion with his former England team-mate due to injury<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>There were also chants of &#8216;sacked in the morning&#8217; as they piled the misery on the Birmingham City boss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foxes fans showed their support for Vardy, whose wife Rebekah lost a libel lawsuit case after Rooney&#8217;s wife Coleen alleged that she had leaked stories about her private life to the press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rooney and Vardy were team-mates for England &#8211; and even played at Euro 2016 together &#8211; but were embroiled in the court trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though Vardy wasn&#8217;t there to wind up the Birmingham City crowd, his team-mates were able to do so during a dramatic game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s good that players can celebrate without worrying about VAR,&#8217; he said. &#8216;There&#8217;s emotion in the game. I got a phone thrown at my head at Anfield once, which just missed me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We kept pushing but we fell a bit short. There is a reason Leicester are top of the league but we competed with them and showed quality.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rooney has previously insisted that he and Vardy have &#8216;no relationship&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the game, he said: &#8216;I played with him for England, but I played with many players for England. It&#8217;s not someone who I&#8217;ve ever had a relationship with, outside of being in a training camp or games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/15\/76200669-12859123-The_libel_case_dubbed_Wagatha_Christie_was_decided_at_the_High_C-a-24_1702483044033.jpg\" height=\"748\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The libel case dubbed &#8216;Wagatha Christie&#8217; was decided at the High Court in July last year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/15\/76200673-12859123-Rebekah_the_wife_of_Leicester_star_Jamie_ultimately_lost_the_3mi-a-25_1702483050944.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rebekah, the wife of Leicester star Jamie, ultimately lost the 2022 \u00a33million libel case<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I respect Jamie Vardy a lot, he&#8217;s a fantastic player and still has a lot to offer Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s important is we don&#8217;t get dragged into a sideshow. Everything that&#8217;s happened in the past, which everyone is aware of, has been dealt with from a legal point of view. 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