Challenge on Pearson really was a decisive moment in the capital

THAT foul on Ben Pearson at QPR was a game-changing moment even if the referee and any of his three helpers, bizarrely, missed it.

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It's not the first time we've been frustrated by officials in the Championship, it won't be the last and it doesn’t do any of us any good to let it affect you. Once a decision is or isn't given, you just have to take it on the chin and get on with it.

Pearson had been excellent the previous week and he was doing fine at Loftus Road when Amadou Mbengue left one on him.

That sort of tackle went out of the game a long time ago and should be severely punished. I’m baffled all that came of it was a drop ball.

But the unfortunate thing for Stoke was that Pearson was then subsequently withdrawn at halftime.