Pearson proud of players

Leicester manager calm after 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe

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Nigel Pearson refused to criticise his Leicester players following the 1-1 draw away to Scunthorpe.

The Foxes had been poised to secure a third successive win on the road courtesy of Martyn Waghorn's early goal.

They held the lead until the final minute of the match when Martyn Woolford rescued a draw for Scunthorpe and left Leicester six points adrift of second-placed West Brom.

Pearson said: "I am disappointed because we had chances in the first half to score more goals.

"But I am not going to have a go at my players because overall this was another good away performance.

"There was just one ball into the box that we did not deal with - and it has cost us.

"But we have scored a lot of late goals to win games in recent weeks. Today it was somebody else's turn to do the same to us."

Adkins reaction

Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins was relieved to grab the late equaliser and felt his side were good value for a point.

"After four successive defeats, this was an important result for us," confessed Adkins. "And I thought we deserved it.

"Obviously we made life difficult for ourselves by giving away a poor goal in the opening few minutes.

"Leicester are a difficult side to break down and don't concede many goals.

"But we showed great spirit, we kept going until the end and finally got the goal we deserved.

"Wooly has a habit of scoring some important goals for us and this was another. It keeps us ticking over.

"Our home form has generally been good this season, and this was another good result for us against a team up there near the top of the table."

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