Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has questioned the one-sided decision to send off Paul Konchesky during the Foxes 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday. <\/p>\n
The former Liverpool full-back was dismissed following an altercation with Villas Alan Hutton, as the pair clashed heads after Koncheskys late tackle on the Scotland defender. <\/p>\n
Pearson has called for more equality and clarity regarding the decision, claiming the 33-year-old was not the instigator in the incident. <\/p>\n
Initially we were under the impression it [red card] was for the challenge, if it was I would question that - I dont think it was a straight red. <\/p>\n
If it was for the coming together of heads, then I dont feel he [Konchesky] was the instigator of that. <\/p>\n
I dont want players to get sent off but I do feel there needs to be equality and clarity as to what actually happened and why the decision was essentially one-sided. <\/p>\n
And Pearson bemoaned his teams defending in the build-up to the Villains equaliser when Ciaran Clark headed past Kasper Schmeichel unopposed inside the Leicester area. <\/p>\n
We did pretty well in the first half to cause them problems in terms of how we were disciplined in how we defended and we counter attacked very well, added Pearson. They had their moments but we felt we were doing pretty well in the game. <\/p>\n
He continued: It was poor defending [for Clarks goal]. We cant allow players to get free contact in the box from a set play. Giving away a set play in that area in the first place is something we need to avoid. <\/p>\n
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