Source: Team_Talk
Pearson wants to push for top two
Martyn Waghorn's seventh goal of the season was enough at the Keepmoat Stadium as Leicester extended their unbeaten run to seven games.[LNB]The win consolidates the Foxes' position in the top six, but they remain 10 points off second-placed Nottingham Forest albeit with a game in hand.[LNB]And although Pearson admits that two of the top three would be favourites to take the automatic places, he is hoping his side can make a late-season surge.[LNB]"We will look at the fixtures and do as well as we can in those games," said Pearson.[LNB]"First and foremost we have got to stay in the play-off positions and outside of that it's whether we can run into a significant run of form.[LNB]"The three teams at the top are ahead of everyone else by quite a margin.[LNB]"Having said that, history would say there is always a side that comes out of the pack at some point. I don't rule anything out."[LNB]The Foxes could easily have won by a clearer margin as Neil Sullivan produced a fine save to deny the impressive Waghorn in the second half, after Simon King and Lloyd Dyer both wasted good first-half chances.[LNB]The Leicester defence was called upon to defend resolutely at times, but Pearson thought his side were worthy winners.[LNB]"It was good to get a win in one of our games in hand. I thought we started very well," he added.[LNB]"We were worth our win and it was a good win. I thought we were always comfortable and I am very pleased."[LNB]Doncaster assistant boss Richard O'Kelly differed in his view of events and felt Rovers should have ended the evening with at least a point.[LNB]"I thought the effort we put in there was excellent and we probably dominated possession," he said.[LNB]"Our passing and moving was good. I definitely feel we should have got something out of the game."[LNB]The home side were furious in the first half when Bruno Berner cynically brought down Billy Sharp, which denied the Rovers striker a run on goal.[LNB]Berner was booked for the incident and although most Rovers fans demanded a red, O'Kelly concedes that the referee got the decision right.[LNB]"It's intelligent defending. If we had done it at the other end we might not have been a goal down," he said.[LNB]"That's what the top teams have and what we need to learn at this level.[LNB]"A red would have been harsh. I would have loved it to be a red card, it would have given us more opportunity, but realistically I wouldn't have thought it should have been red."[LNB][LNB]
