"I think you want the team and yourself to be confident wherever you are going. I think, you know, you can't guarantee these things. But I think we have got a team that can compete, and that's a big thing. Every game means something and we are beginning to build that mentality. Now after last season I remember the performance and the result, you have got to deliver some of that as well; like I said, these are still a good outfit."
"You have got to defend well and you have got to play well whatever style that is. On that day, it was soak up and absorb and counter. Whether you're playing that style or more open, you have got to be on you're A game to beat these teams, particularly at their place. We know that, and the players are aware of that."
Nottingham Forest head to Anfield needing top performances to challenge Liverpool. Forest entered the international break after a 3-1 win over Leeds, their first league victory since a managerial change, and sit ninth in the Premier League. Liverpool lost 3-0 to Manchester City and dropped to eighth, sitting eight points behind Arsenal. Liverpool have conceded 17 goals, a high tally among top-half teams, and lost 1-0 at home to Forest last season — the only league game they failed to score in all season. Forest must defend well, absorb pressure and counter with precision at Anfield.
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