Pearson wants to push for top two

The win consolidates the Foxes' position in the top six, but they remain 10 points off second-placed Nottingham Forest albeit with a game in hand.

And although Pearson admits that two of the top three would be favourites to take the automatic places, he is hoping his side can make a late-season surge.

"We will look at the fixtures and do as well as we can in those games," said Pearson.

"First and foremost we have got to stay in the play-off positions and outside of that it's whether we can run into a significant run of form.

"The three teams at the top are ahead of everyone else by quite a margin.

"Having said that, history would say there is always a side that comes out of the pack at some point. I don't rule anything out."

The Foxes could easily have won by a clearer margin as Neil Sullivan produced a fine save to deny the impressive Waghorn in the second half, after Simon King and Lloyd Dyer both wasted good first-half chances.

The Leicester defence was called upon to defend resolutely at times, but Pearson thought his side were worthy winners.

"It was good to get a win in one of our games in hand. I thought we started very well," he added.

"We were worth our win and it was a good win. I thought we were always comfortable and I am very pleased."

Doncaster assistant boss Richard O'Kelly differed in his view of events and felt Rovers should have ended the evening with at least a point.

"I thought the effort we put in there was excellent and we probably dominated possession," he said.

"Our passing and moving was good. I definitely feel we should have got something out of the game."

The home side were furious in the first half when Bruno Berner cynically brought down Billy Sharp, which denied the Rovers striker a run on goal.

Berner was booked for the incident and although most Rovers fans demanded a red, O'Kelly concedes that the referee got the decision right.

"It's intelligent defending. If we had done it at the other end we might not have been a goal down," he said.

"That's what the top teams have and what we need to learn at this level.

"A red would have been harsh. I would have loved it to be a red card, it would have given us more opportunity, but realistically I wouldn't have thought it should have been red."

Source: Team Talk