article_snippet.sent: The game will see Allardyce reunited with Leicester manager Nigel Pearson after Leicester manager Nigel Pearson worked together at Newcastle United in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: Leicester manager Nigel Pearson has been involved in several controversial incidents this season, including grabbing Crystal Palace's James McArthur by the throat and losing the throat cool with a reporter during a press conference.
article_snippet.sent: It added to speculation Leicester manager Nigel Pearson will be sacked but Allardyce defended the man that was once a coach under Allardyce at St James' Park. '
article_snippet.sent: Leicester manager Nigel Pearson was there (at Newcastle) when I arrived and we worked very well together in that short period of time,' Allardyce said. '
article_snippet.sent: I always thought Allardyce was management material
article_snippet.sent: and I think Allardyce left just after I left, then moved into management and has been very successful. '
article_snippet.sent: I suppose in the end Leicester manager Nigel Pearson is a very, very, very, very honest man.
article_snippet.sent: Leicester manager Nigel Pearson says it how it is.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps that's sometimes the wrong thing to do publicly, but Leicester manager Nigel Pearson knows who Leicester manager Nigel Pearson is.
article_snippet.sent: Leicester manager Nigel Pearson knows what Leicester manager Nigel Pearson wants.
article_snippet.sent: Leicester manager Nigel Pearson knows how to try to achieve it.'
article_snippet.sent: Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson (left) has been involved in a number of controversial incidents this season .
highlights_snippet.sent: Speaking ahead of West Ham game with Leicester, West Ham manager Sam Allardyce also took time to defend under-fire Foxes boss Nigel Pearson .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Foxes boss Nigel Pearson was part of West Ham manager Sam Allardyce's coaching staff when -fire Foxes boss Nigel Pearson managed Newcastle .