Stop Defending

Nottingham Forest equalized the score in the final moments of the first half, which caused a huge mental blow to Liverpool. Fortunately, the first half had ended, giving them a chance to adjust their mood during halftime. If the game had go on, Nottingham Forest may have scored another goal.

It was not a joke. Countless instances had proven that the moment after the first concede was the most dangerous, it was easy for the opponent to pull off another goal. The morale and confidence of the team that just conceded a goal would be hit hard and was likely to collapse.

Liverpool would not just collapse. They had staged numerous big turnarounds in many key games. Twain was aware of that. Benítez would be sure to sum up the first half at halftime to appease and boost morale to prevent any hits in the second half.

All Twain had to do was make Benítez's efforts during halftime to go down the drain.