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Leicester City far from finished article, says Nigel Pearson

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Leicester City far from finished article, says Nigel Pearson This is Leicestershire --

Nigel Pearson says there is still plenty of work to be done by his Leicester City side, despite opening their campaign with back-to-back away wins.

City came from behind to beat Middlesbrough on the opening day of the Championship and then progressed to the second round of the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night courtesy of a last-minute winner at Wycombe Wanderers.

Even so, Pearson says there are aspects of his team's performances they must improve.

"The most important thing is we have started the season in a positive manner but we know there is plenty of work to be done," he said. "We are far from being the finished article at the moment.

"I want us to be slicker. I don't think our passing at Wycombe was as good as it can be. I think it is very difficult to adopt a new system and excel at it straight away.

"I think we have players who have been very comfortable in different formations we played last season but would probably question where they would fit in this new system. I think the Wycombe game answered some of those.

"The most important thing is that we look to be successful this season. It is nice to get two games and two wins, but I think people would expect us to do that, so it is a bit of a double-edged sword.

"I am fairly satisfied with how we have started but I know it is also expected of us so there is no point resting on our laurels.

"We have to get on with preparing for our next game now against Leeds, which will be tough."

Tuesday night's winner came from a set-piece, when Sean St Ledger rammed home the rebound from Liam Moore's header, and Pearson said that was one aspect that pleased him. "There were some pleasing aspects in terms of our set-play delivery," he said.

"To score from one at the end was satisfying because I think the players have worked hard at that. We have not done that often enough.

"It is good to get through the tie. Certain aspects of the game we weren't particularly pleased about, but we are through and that was the most important thing."

David Nugent had put City ahead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute before Wycombe's equaliser. It was only Nugent's second ever penalty and he has converted them both, and Pearson said he would look at who should be his regular penalty taker carefully.

"I will have to ask him about that," he said. "It is something we will have to look at.

"I take that subject seriously. I will discuss that with the players.

"It was always our plan to give David 60 minutes. We were able to do precisely that. He had 30 minutes at Middlesbrough, and now 60.

"I was pleased that Chris Wood played the whole game and he got better as the game went on, which is good. It has been a worthwhile exercise for some of those players." Reported by This is 3 days ago.

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