Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson was under no illusions to the task at hand for his team earlier in the season.

The Foxes spent a lot of the Premier League campaign at the foot of the table before a remarkable run of six wins and one draw from eight matches catapulted them to 14th place and clear of relegation.

During the course of the season, there were plenty of doubts surrounding the Leicestershire club but Pearson is absolutely delighted with the end result after some extremely tough times.

"I've had moments, of course. I'd be lying if I was going to stand here and say at no point did it cross my mind. We've had some really difficult times this season. One of the hard bits is when the players have to go over the performance when they've played well and the result has gone against us," he told Sky Sports News HQ.

"We've had some pretty bad runs this season in terms of picking points up but I can honestly say throughout it we've played with an intensity and desire which has always been there and that's probably one of the big things that's kept the players going.

"Coupled with the fact that we've not really been on the receiving end of a real hiding, even against Manchester United when they really outplayed us in the first half and being 3-0 down coming in at half-time, it's important that you get some sort of positive outcome out of the game and in our second-half performance, there were things to be positive about.

"But all in all, it's nice to go into this last weekend with less pressure."

The Foxes host the already-relegated QPR at the King Power Stadium in their final fixture of the 2014/15 season on Sunday.