Three Leicester City players placed on rocky ground after Enzo Maresca was booked

Bobby Madley issued the Leicester City manager his first yellow card of the season in the second half of the 4-1 victory over Southampton.

Enzo Maresca became the latest manager to be shown a yellow card as a result of a refereeing crackdown on touchline behavior.

Official Bobby Madley sent the Leicester City manager his first caution of the season in the second half of Friday’s 4-1 triumph against Southampton.

Maresca revealed after the game that he had complained to the fourth official about what he perceived to be a foul on Kieran Dewsbury-Hall in a hazardous position, forcing Madley to come over and grasp for his pocket.

Maresca said: “It was for the foul on Kiernan on the edge of the box or inside the box, I don’t remember. I just complained. It was so clear. At the end, he booked me. He just came and gave me a yellow card, nothing more.”

City have received 17 yellow cards in the Championship this season, the fifth-highest total in the division, and there are a trio of players who have already racked up three each: Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Jannik Vestergaard.

Having been booked three times in six games, those three now have to avoid picking up two yellow cards across City’s next 13 Championship fixtures, otherwise they will be handed a one-match suspension.

Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu have received two yellow cards in the Championship, while Callum Doyle, Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, and Yunus Akgun have all received one each.