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Leicester boss Pearson: Kramaric needs time to settle

Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson is determined to bring out the best in Andrej Kramaric.

Kramaric struck his first goal for the Foxes in defeat to Arsenal.

"I think when players arrive at football clubs with a weight of expectation on them it can be tough," Pearson said. "He is a young man.

"He is held in high regard in European football in terms of what he has achieved so far domestically, and he also broken on to the international scene.

"I thought the (Arsenal) game had a European feel to it.

"When you play against sides like Arsenal, and the way that they play, I thought Andrej dealt with that very well because the game probably suited him.

"The English game, I don't care what anyone says, it takes a little bit of time to bed in.

"But when you are in the situation we are in, and you sign a striker who is expected to score goals, that ramps up the expectation straight away.

"My job is to manage that expectation internally."

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