Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson (C) sits in the stands during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England December 13, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples
LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has been given a one-match touchline ban and fined 10,000 pounds ($15,600) after arguing with a fan during their Premier League defeat by Liverpool this month.
"Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing... Nigel Pearson has been fined 10,000 pounds, will serve a one-match touchline suspension, and warned as to his future conduct, subject to any appeal, after he admitted using abusive and/or insulting words towards a spectator," the Football Association said in a statement on Friday.
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