During half-time, Marco Silva had a smile on his face as he addressed his players. "Congratulations guys, we played like warriors that first half".
"This second half, we have no intention of letting up and giving them the game, let's finish it like warriors just like we started!"
"Get me that winning goal!"
It was a short speech but it made the players' blood boil.
FWEEEE!
After the players made their way back to the pitch, as soon as the referee's whistle sounded again to restart play, the battle between Fulham and Liverpool restarted with the same intensity that they played the first half.
This second half, Sam was already in the zone.
'Win!' 'Win!' 'Win!'
The mantra chanted in his head and with it, his focus became narrowed, ignoring every other distraction as all his attention became abstracted to the ball.