Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits they had to calm down Fernando Torres at halftime of yesterday's defeat at Manchester United.

Torres belted the penalty spot before Wayne Rooney's equaliser before he was later handed a yellow card for a foul.

Benitez revealed: "We were talking at half-time with him. It's not easy when you are a player on the pitch fighting, and decisions you don't understand happen. He was focused again in the second half and he was okay."