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Leicester's Danny Drinkwater to face no action over reaction to red card

Danny Drinkwater will not face any further action over his response to being sent off in Leicester's 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.

Drinkwater, 26, was shown a second yellow card in the 86th minute at Old Trafford for pulling back Memphis Depay just outside the area.

The Foxes midfielder reacted angrily towards referee Michael Oliver but the incident was not reported by the official so will not be taken any further.

Drinkwater, therefore, avoids the fate of teammate Jamie Vardy, who saw his ban extended to two matches after venting his fury at his sending-off against West Ham last month.

Drinkwater will still serve a one-match ban for the red card, ruling him out of Saturday's clash with Everton, which could be the game in which Leicester clinch the Premier League title if Tottenham beat Chelsea on Monday.

"I am very sad because he will miss the next game at home," Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said after the United match.

Leicester and United will have to wait until Tuesday to find out whether either Robert Huth or Marouane Fellaini will be charged for their off-the-ball altercation.

Fellaini was picked up by TV cameras swinging an elbow at Huth after the Leicester defender had pulled his hair.

The Football Association will wait for Oliver's report before deciding whether further punishment is warranted for either man.

United boss Louis van Gaal argued that if Fellaini is charged then Huth should be too.

"I expect first that Huth shall be getting a lot [of matches] because I don't think that is normal what he is doing," he said. "Fellaini is reacting like a human being because, when I grab you with your hair and pull it backwards, you shall do also something to me, I believe."

Meanwhile, Marc Albrighton has hailed the fighting qualities that have characterised Leicester's season.

"We've got that never-say-die attitude. I think that's won us a lot of points this season," he said. "Early on this season you've got the draws at Stoke and Southampton, we were 2-0 down in both of them, and 2-0 down in the home game against Villa.

"So that showed our character early in the season and we've continued to do that. We've gone behind at Old Trafford [on Sunday], which is a daunting place. It's a big pitch and the fans are behind them, but credit to the lads, we carried on going, got the equaliser and held on."

Albrighton realised an opportunity had been missed to secure the title in front of 3,000 buoyant travelling fans but the 26-year-old insisted there was not too much disappointment.

"I wouldn't say [we were] dejected," he said. "We came to win the game and to wrap up the title, but it wasn't to be.

"We were probably thinking what could have been and that we could have been over there celebrating with our fans, but we've still got another couple of chances to do that and hopefully we can."

Albrighton admitted the enormity of his side's impending achievement would take some time to sink in.

"I don't think it will for a while," he said. "It might sink in later on in the summer. If we can wrap up the title it will be such a fantastic achievement and maybe then it will sink in."

Albrighton added on Drinkwater's dismissal on Sunday: "Danny will be gutted that he won't be able to be involved next Saturday but whoever steps in will be just as important for us in there, which has happened all season whenever anyone has had to fill someone's shoes.

"And it's great to have 'Vards' back [this week]. He'll be all refreshed after his two-week break."