Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was heralded by coach Michael Laudrup after experiencing a gamut of emotions in his side's 2-2 Premier League draw with former club Liverpool.
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The 21-year-old English midfielder, who joined Swansea from Liverpool in July, gave Swansea a 2nd- minute lead in Monday's game at the Liberty Stadium.
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He quickly undid his hard work, however, with a dreadful back-pass allowing Daniel Sturridge to equalise 99 seconds later before another loose pass saw Victor Moses put Liverpool ahead.
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The former Charlton Athletic midfielder managed to atone though, teeing up Michu for a 64th-minute equaliser with a deft header.
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Shelvey apologised to Swansea's supporters in a post match television interview, but Laudrup said he had no reason to say sorry.
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"He had no need to do that. Nobody makes mistakes on purpose, but it shows how he is," Laudrup said.
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"The most important thing was his reaction. It's difficult after a first half like that. You feel you could have done better, but I said there were 45 more minutes and we dominated the last 25 minutes of the game."
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He added: "It was a difficult first half for him. But I said, 'There is no problem. Go out there, you still have 45 minutes to turn it around.'
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"He knew only he could bring himself back into the
game and it was a fantastic reaction to pull himself together. It says a lot about him. He is still very young and he will be stronger for this game."
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers also praised his former player's reaction.