Thursday 30 October 2014 14:48, UK
Nigel Pearson believes Leicester's recent dip is down to football's increasingly fine margins rather than a slump in form.
Last month's back-to-back wins over Stoke and Manchester United have been followed by a run of one point from three games, leaving Leicester two points above the bottom three.
Next up is a trip to Wales for Saturday evening's live Sky Sports game against a Swansea side on a difficult run of their own after three straight wins at the start of the season.
And Pearson's view remains the same as it was when his team put five past United in mid-September.
He said: "We look at the games and reflect on them as honestly as we can. The facts remain if you don't defend efficiently you'll be punished. Likewise if you spurn the opportunity to take you're chances, you will be punished.
"When you look at the margins at success and failure, they are ever decreasing. The margins get smaller and the details get more important. It is difficult to always have a balanced view on it.
"When people want to talk positively about your team and about us in general, you can be quite wary about getting overly excited. Likewise I don't get too downbeat when things don't go how we would like them to go.
"It's a long season and so far we have acquitted ourselves pretty well. You could argue we could have one or two points more or you could argue we could have one or two less. It depends on the angle and how you want to look at it.
"The last three results haven't been what we want but there's not too much of a difference between the early performances."
Watch Swansea v Leicester live on Sky Sports 1 HD this Saturday. Coverage begins at 4.45pm.
