LEICESTER CITY star James Maddison celebrated scoring against Manchester City by holding a T-shirt in tribute to a club doctor who died this summer.
The Foxes midfielder bent in a beautiful goal to make it 4-1 to Brendan Rodgers’ side.
James Maddison paid a beautiful tribute to Leicester club doctor Stuart Birtwistle who died this summerCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Maddison then ran over to the dugout where he was handed a white T-shirt.
The 23-year-old held it up to an empty stand, where it showed a photo of Stuart ‘Bertie’ Birtwistle standing by the Premier League trophy the club won in 2016.
According to TV presenter Anna Soubry, “lovely man” Birtwistle died “this summer after a long fight with cancer”.
He leaves behind wife Alison and two children Laura and Joseph.
Birtwistle worked for the NHS as an orthopaedic surgeon for over 30 years.
It is not known how old Mr Birtwistle was when he passed away.
Maddison and his Leicester team-mates put on the perfect performance to honour the former club doctor.
Maddison and his team-mates honoured their former club doctor by thumping Man City 5-2Credit: Reuters
It was a beautiful strike from Maddison that put the Foxes 4-1 upCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick, with Maddison’s strike also added to by a Youri Tielemans penalty to thump fellow title challengers City 5-2.
City boss Guardiola went into the game complaining about a lengthy injury list.
And it showed out on the pitch as Vardy and co tore them apart to affirm their own title ambitions.
Jamie Vardy signs new Leicester deal until 2023 keeping him at Foxes until he is 36
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
