szoboszlai shirt James Maddison says he was trying
szoboszlai shirt James Maddison says he was trying to keep things light-hearted as he celebrated his goal in Leicester"s 2-0 win against Southampton.
After opening the scoring in the first half of the Premier League encounter, the midfielder gestured to his team-mates to stay away from him and mimed handshakes with them.
Football players have been criticised for sharing hugs and handshakes in celebrations despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Maddison says he wanted to obey social-distancing rules after his goal but felt the need to poke fun at the situation.
"If little things like that are what we need to keep football going then so be it. We have been told to stop gatherings of people and I tried to make it light-hearted," he said to BT Sport.
"Footballers, we get a lot of szoboszlai jersey stick and it"s nice to put a lighter note on it. I don"t think you will find one person in the country who wants football to stop.