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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson talks about the Premier League relegation battle ahead of his side's match against West Ham.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Nigel Pearson, Leicester City manager:

"Looking at the table at the moment, what we've got to firstly do is make sure that we..... I can talk about staying in touch, but we've got to make a move and we've got to start (now) and we've got to keep our focus very much on the fact that we can't affect other results but of the games that we have remaining, we have six of them at home and there may come a point, I suppose there has been a point all season, where you've got to hold your nerve. How it pans out between now and the end of the season, we've got to make sure that we maximise our home opportunities and that really is going to be pivotal as to whether we can make a move or not.

"It's not a nice pressure, I have to say. It's always a little bit more, it can take a greater toll on individuals in terms of the types of pressure that you're dealing with. The pressure of being winning things is, again, a tough pressure to live up to and I suppose they're the two ends of the spectrum. What we wouldn't all give for a bit of mediocrity at the moment. It would be nice wouldn't it."