It was only as James Balagizi raced through on goal, with just goalkeeper Marek Rodak to beat, that the reality of his situation began to sink in.
"I was thinking, ‘Oh my word, what an opportunity!’" the 18-year-old Liverpool loanee tells the ECHO, with a broadening smile. "My eyes lit up. But I thought, ‘Hold on, if I don’t compose myself here I could move rash and blast it over.’ I had to keep my composure, calm and cool and thankfully I slotted.
"I’ve been working on my finishing in training recently, so to put in the work and for everyone to see the end product is a nice feeling."
