Gary Lineker gets it Right

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Pearson blasts Match of the Day

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has hit out at Match of the Day pundits for making a "mountain out of a molehill" following his clash with James McArthur.

The Foxes boss - the centre of sacking speculation on Sunday - was involved in a bizarre flashpoint with the Crystal Palace midfielder in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to the Eagles.

The pair collided during the game before Pearson appeared to grab McArthur by the throat before holding onto his shirt to prevent him rejoining the game.

And Pearson thought the way it was covered by Gary Lineker, Danny Murphy and Jermaine Jenas was unfair.

He said: "It's not helpful when the three fountains of knowledge on Match of the Day make a mountain out of a molehill, there's nothing in that on Saturday. The lad's OK and it was very light hearted.

"How it was reported was totally inaccurate. Our owners are fine, as they were with the incident with the fan (when he was involved in a row with a supporter against Liverpool in December). You're looking for news which is not there."

Pearson said afterwards he could "look after himself" and Lineker responded by tweeting: "Ah Nigel Pearson is blaming MOTD for making a mountain out of a molehill. We'd best be careful in future, the fella can look after himself."

Former Leicester and England striker Lineker then insinuated Pearson was sacked by a member of the Srivaddhanaprabha family, who own the club, before being reinstated by another on Sunday.

He added when asked if he was a fountain of knowledge: "If I was I'd tell you that he was sacked by one of the owners' family and reinstated by another, but then I'm not."

Speculation was rife on Sunday Pearson had been sacked, with Leicester bottom of the Barclays Premier League.

There was a near four-hour silence from the club from when the first claims emerged until they issued a statement insisting Pearson was still in charge.

The manager refused to clarify what happened at his press conference on Monday afternoon ahead of the Foxes' trip to Arsenal on Tuesday.

He added: "I understand the interest and you wanting to ask questions, but I have loyalties to the people I work for, my staff and the players, which really is more important to me than trying to clarify things for a story which was based on speculation.

"I am always happy to take the responsibility that being a manager brings.

"The club made a statement and I'm not going to speak about it.

"We have a game tomorrow and it's important my focus, and the focus of the players, is on what we can do tomorrow night rather than talk about something I'm not prepared to talk about."

[Tony2005]

Its not the first time this season he has been in the spotlight.....

I think he had a run in with a fan the other month.

He comes across as arrogant and to be honest he has nothing to be arrogant about after seeing how Leicester are doing..

7 points out of a possible 57......

I doubt he will still be in charge come Easter....

[Part-Timer]

Kicking a man when he's down just about sums up Lineker. Never recall him criticising Ferguson or Mourinho, obviously his cajones aren't big enough to do that.