Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson defended the selection of Jeffrey Schlupp for defeat at home to Stoke City.
The home side's best player on view was Jeff Schlupp, seemingly a surprise given his recent withdrawal from Ghana's African Nations Cup squad with a knee injury.
On the day of the tournament starting, Schlupp was creative and a thorn in the side of Stoke right-back Phil Bardsley.
Quizzed on Schlupp's inclusion, Pearson took umbrage as he said: "We said he would be out for 10 days to two weeks and that's the case.
"I don't see how it (him playing) is a surprise. I didn't pull him out of anything.
"He had scans here and was advised not to fly because of the swelling and then he went down to London to have an independent medical that was organised by the Ghanaian FA, and they came to the same conclusion as we did.
"They decided not to include him in their squad. If they've any problems then they need to look at their own administrators. It's nothing to do with me.
"What the Ghanaian FA decide to do in terms of making statements, how their administrators operate or comments the managers want to make, it's entirely up to them, but quite frankly I couldn't care less about that."
