Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson urged his players to stay positive after defeat to Crystal Palace.

The rock-bottom Foxes are now on a run of three straight defeats, and with Arsenal, Everton and Manchester City up next there is every chance it could be six come their next home game against another relegation rival in Hull on March 14.

Pearson, though, is doing his best to remain defiant as he said: "For myself as a manager that is bottom of the league what I cannot do is hide from the facts.

"We are where we are, but so far we have not been beaten where we've been absolutely rolled over.

"We've been competitive, but what we haven't found are answers to days like this, a tight game which we shouldn't lose.

"Instead we've been beaten by a side who set themselves out to be difficult to play against, but you can't underestimate the fact they have some decent players.

"It's a frustration, but what we mustn't do - the club, players and management - is get downbeat by how people want to write us off after a result like this."