Pearce hits out at double standards in China

Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce will be keeping an eye out for a mysterious ‘man in black’ ahead of his team’s friendly encounter with Japanese side Kashima Antlers in Shanghai tomorrow.

Pearce was left puzzled by the intervention of the unidentified local official during his side’s 1-0 win over Shanghai Shenhua when he prevented Frenchman Antoine Sibierski from taking to the field for wearing a wristband.