Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson reacts to Michael O’Neill claim

Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson hasn’t had the season he would have wanted with the Robins this season but despite their shortcomings, he has now responded to calls over his side from Michael O’Neill at Stoke.

City have got some talented players in their squad and have pulled off some solid results over the course of the campaign but it hasn’t been enough to drag them any higher up than 18th in the table.

Despite them being clear of relegation though and being higher than six other teams in the division, Stoke boss Michael O’Neill reportedly labelled the Robins as ‘the worst team in the league.’

Whilst there are other clubs who have fared a lot worse, it is Bristol City who have been given this label by O’Neill – but Nigel Pearson has now responded to those claims via Bristol Live, as he claimed the Robins ‘had beaten them twice’ so everyone should ‘make of that what they will.’

Over the course of the campaign, it has been City who have seen off Stoke on two occasions. They beat them 1-0 on Good Friday and earlier on in the season, they managed another 1-0 victory over the club.

Despite the Robins being able to best them this season, it hasn’t stopped the Stoke boss from making a dig towards the club and branding them with the ‘worst team’ label.

Pearson though has been quick to respond – and whilst Stoke may finish higher up the table, he certainly wanted to make it clear to Bristol Live that they had the better of them over the two fixtures.

He said: “Have you seen Peterborough’s results recently? They’ve got seven points out of nine.

“I keep saying don’t always look at the table there are no mugs in this division. Absolutely no bad sides apart from apparently Stoke’s manager told his players and staff we were the