Tuesday 19 September 2017 22:47, UK
Craig Shakespeare admitted Leicester were living a "charmed life" before fighting back to beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Liverpool were dominant in the first half at the King Power Stadium and spurned several chances to take the lead.
But Leicester improved after the break and goals from substitute Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani secured their place in the fourth round.
"You talk about football being a game of two halves and it definitely was," Leicester manager Shakespeare told Sky Sports.
"I thought the first goal was always going to be crucial. Of course first half we thought it was going to be Liverpool because we did lead a charmed life. But it's about staying in the game in football land to get the first goal was massively important."
Leicester's cause was helped by the influential Coutinho being withdrawn at the interval while Shakespeare introduced Okazaki for the injured Leonardo Ulloa shortly after the resumption.
Shakespeare added: "We knew at half-time we had to regroup. It was to our advantage in terms of Philippe Coutinho going off at half-time.
"We spoke to the boys about being more aggressive, getting in Liverpool's faces a bit more and playing with a bit more intent.
"Bringing Shinji on makes that bit of difference, he plays with that intent, desire and enthusiasm."
Defender Wes Morgan echoed his manager's comments about Leicester's fortune at going into half-time goalless.
He said: "At half-time we had to have a long look at ourselves, the gaffer wasn't happy and the second half was completely different.
"Our backs were against the wall. They had a lot of time, a lot of space so they were getting in a lot of threatening positions so we were fortunate not concede in the first half. We defended well at times, went into the second half and we turned up."
