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Foxes slip-up was 'reality check'

Nigel Pearson
Pearson's Foxes are sixth in the League One table

Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson says the Foxes' 1-0 home defeat by Millwall was a reality check.

Gary Alexander's goal ended Leicester's unbeaten run in League One and saw the Foxes slip to sixth place.

Pearson told Radio Leicester: "I'm very disappointed. The performance we've come up with so far did not happen.

"It's important to put it in perspective, if we wanted a reality check then we've had one now, and we've got to move on to the next game."

Foxes captain Matt Oakley said: "We came up against a team who have done their homework, they frustrated us, made it ugly and restricted us to a few chances."

The game saw six yellow cards and one dismissal and Oakley said: "You could tell their game plan from those statistics."

And the midfielder expects sides to come with the same tactics: "They see us as a threat, we've got good players we know that, but unfortunately we didn't deal with what they threw at us."

Leicester travel to Leyton Orient for their next league match on Saturday.




see also
Pearson is named manager of month
04 Sep 08 |  Leicester
Wilson tips Foxes to bounce back
03 Sep 08 |  Hartlepool


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