Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has said that he will treat Jamie Vardy cautiously as the striker faces a late fitness test before the game against Chelsea.

Vardy scored in the weekend's 1-0 win over Burnley after taking an injection in his foot but he will monitored leading up to Wednesday night's home clash with the league-leading Blues.

"It is more discomfort," said Pearson. "Injections are not the ideal answer but it is a painkilling injection. The potential problem of that type of treatment is when you are playing and you're unaware of what damage you are doing.

"We don't take these decisions lightly. If we felt there was a greater risk of something more serious happening, there wouldn't even be a decision to make for the player, I would take it out of his hands.

"The best remedy would be a bit of a rest and, hopefully, when we get to the weekend and beyond, there is potential for a bit of off-loading for two or three days.

"That potentially would be enough to take away the need for painkilling injections."