Friday 19 December 2014 18:06, UK
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has received a one-match touchline ban and £10,000 fine from the Football Association after admitting to using "abusive and/or insulting words towards a spectator".
Pearson was involved in a heated row with a fan during his side's 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on December 2 at the King Power Stadium.
He refused to apologise for the argument at the time but admitted the offence at a personal hearing on Friday and was warned by the FA over his future conduct.
The statement from the FA read: "Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Nigel Pearson has been fined £10,000, will serve a one-match touchline suspension, and warned as to his future conduct, subject to any appeal, after he admitted using abusive and/or insulting words towards a spectator.
"The sanction will not come into effect until the end of the appeal period."
Leicester are on an 11-game winless run and are bottom of the Premier League and a statement from the club revealed that Pearson and his representatives had requested written reasons for the sanctions.
"The club has concluded an internal review of the incident during the Liverpool fixture and considers its own review to be closed," the statement said.
Pearson, who usually watches matches from the stands anyway, was bullish after the incident.
He said: "I've had run-ins with fans in the past and in the heat of the moment these things happen.
"I'm not going to repeat what happened on either side. I'm very keen to protect myself and my players. I'm more than happy to stand up for myself in that situation.
"If people were offended then that is regrettable. But there is no need to apologise to somebody of that ilk."
