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Demarai Gray Celebrates Leicester Goal With "For Khun Vichai" Message, Gets Booked

Demarai Gray Celebrates Leicester Goal With "For Khun Vichai" Message, Gets Booked

An emotional celebration from the Foxes winger...

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

After such a difficult few days, Leicester winger Demarai Gray was overcome with emotion when he opened the scoring against Cardiff and let it all out in his celebration.

The former Birmingham City man, who fought back tears during the beautifully observed one minute silence before the game, finished brilliantly after being picked out by Ben Chilwell.

He immediately took off his shirt and unveiled an undershirt with a message that read: "For Khun Vichai" in honour of the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after his tragic passing a week ago.

Given the trauma Leicester players had been through and the fact it was the first game since the horrible helicopter crash, it was always going to a passionate celebration if a Leicester player found the net.

And yet still Gray received a yellow card from Lee Probert for removing his shirt. Of course, rules are rules but a lot of people hold the view that common sense should prevail over the letter of the law in instances like this:

Where do you stand on the whole situation?

Sound off in the comments.

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Topics: Football News, Leicester City, Football, Cardiff City