Nigel Pearson confident his Leicester City side will preserve home record
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson admits there will be added pressure on his side tonight when they face Burnley at the King Power Stadium, but he insists confidence is still high within his camp.
City entertain a Clarets side that has been lifted by their 5-2 win against Peterborough on Saturday.
City, on the other hand, suffered their third consecutive away defeat on Sunday at Wolves.
City still boast a 100 per cent league record on home soil without conceding a goal, but Pearson admitted their away form places even more importance on ensuring the King Power Stadium becomes a fortress.
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However, he said City were still in confident mood ahead of the game, and the visit of Hull on Sunday.
"The players are still in good spirits," said Pearson. "We have missed a couple of opportunities, there is no doubt about that, but we are still very positive in our mindset.
"I have watched the Peterborough game and it was a very open game. They certainly played with a high tempo so we will certainly have to ensure our performance is right.
"We have two homes games in a week and we will be looking to maintain our home form.
"It is never easy when you lose away from home because it puts that added pressure on your home form.
"We have to get back to playing near our best again."
Although City paid the price for two poorly-defended set-pieces at Wolves, Pearson said there was no fundamental problem in his side's defending.
He has also backed his side to hit the goal trail soon, after creating but failing to take a number of good chances in recent games.
"I am not sure they (defensive errors) have been happening on a regular basis," he said. "That is not the case.
"Sunday's mistakes were ones I would expect us to avoid, but they have not been happening on a regular basis.
"In a couple of games in particular we have not helped ourselves, such as the Charlton and the Wolves games. Apart from that, it has not been the case in the league. But we will work on that.
"I am confident that we will start taking our chances. The frustrating thing is we haven't taken them, but we continue to cause teams a lot of problems and create a lot of chances.
"But, of course, it is about winning, and not about playing nice football and losing. We have to get back to being more efficient."
Midfielder Andy King has been ruled out with a hamstring injury, so Matty James is expected to replace him, while Anthony Knockaert and Sean St Ledger are vying for starts.
Comments
by FoxUlike
Thursday, September 20 2012, 2:16PM
“DanishFox I don't think that DJ and NP ever actually had a fall out.
He went out on loan cos he couldn't get a game here (as Fryatt was preferred), then was alledged to have made some derogatory remarks about Leicester and not wanting to go back.
Also, it's wrong to suggest that he had anything to do you City NOT getting promotion the year that Blackpool did.
In fact, had we beaten Cardiff in the semis and faced Blackpool in the final they would have been WITHOUT their first choice striker as he wouldn't have been able to play.
PS: Say hello to your missus from me. :*”
by DanishFox
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:11PM
“Foxulike........how about DJ Campbelll?
By the way, Mills grabbed a good goal for his new club at the weekend!”
by dobranich
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:06PM
“De Laet or is it to late?? It certainly is when marking opponants. Dont forget though a Pearson liability will always get in the team.”
by dobranich
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:01PM
“Chappy the guy must go. He has no management skills whatsoever.”
by DanishFox
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 5:29PM
“Seem to be getting a feeling of deja-vû.......here we are AGAIN with a home fixture against Burnley "that could turn our season around". Well........COME ON LEICESTER! Let us see a nice BIG win....the fans are owed it!”
by lcfctilidie
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 4:36PM
“I would like to see Whitbread start tonight. See what he is really capable of. I think SSL will get the nod over him though. We will see. Move Moore to RB. De Laet on bench.”
by City_C10
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 4:05PM
“The whole team does not look very good to me. NP has sold a lot of players and not really replaced any of them.”
by foxfan1
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 4:03PM
“Or maybe you'd rather discuss Andy Murray...did he adopt a 4-4-2 formation when he won the U.S. open last week?”
by foxfan1
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 3:55PM
“Nigella...notice those words "in your opinion"?
More spin today then?
Let's talk about Obama & Pearson, two losers in one debate...how cool is that ?”
by lcfctilidie
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 3:06PM
“Lets be honest here. Generally the team is playing better more exciting football. The biggest moan last season was the hoof it up football. The team seems to be passing it around with a bit more zip and a fast tempo this season.
Performances are better, results not so good. Do we believe this will change if we carry on with the way we are playing and stick to the plan?
The defence is an issue, especially the full backs. Love to bomb forward but not eager enough to get back and cover. This would be ok if we were banging in 5 goals a game, conceding a couple we could live with. We are not quite playing that gung ho full on attacking football that can warrant such lax full backs. So NP needs to get on the training pitch and work with them.
We do need cover in that area. What is Konchesky gets injured. Do we have another established LB? He needs competition for he place also!”