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Erik Pieters yellow card transferred to Stoke team-mate Bruno Martins Indi

Craig Pawson shows a yellow card to Stoke City's Dutch defender Erik Pieters in their 2-2 draw with Leicester
Image: Craig Pawson shows a yellow card to Stoke City's Dutch defender Erik Pieters in their 2-2 draw with Leicester

The yellow card mistakenly awarded to Stoke's Erik Pieters has been transferred to team-mate Bruno Martins Indi.

Referee Craig Pawson waved the last of the nine cards he brandished during the 2-2 draw with Leicester at Pieters for a challenge on Foxes defender Danny Simpson.

It was in fact his team-mate Martins Indi who had fouled the full-back.

"It was not a yellow for me, I wasn't even close to this guy," Pieters said after Saturday's incident-packed match which saw Leicester striker Jamie Vardy sent off.

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"I don't know what they're going to do with that but it was not a yellow card for me.

"There's a big difference between me and Bruno. We're the same colour and have the same haircut, I think it's difficult to tell us apart," he added sarcastically.

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Leicester have appealed against Vardy's red for his challenge on Glen Johnson.

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On Tuesday Stoke tweeted: "Erik Pieters' yellow card picked up against @LCFC has been transferred to Bruno Martins Indi in a case of mistaken identity."

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