Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling credits greater self-belief to his superb form.
Sterling puts his fantastic form down to a conscious decision to be less inhibited on the pitch.
"Maybe 12 months ago, I wouldn't want to get on the ball as much if I'd made a mistake. But now I'm a bit more confident," he told the Daily Mail. "If I lose the ball I want to get on it as quickly as possible and make up for it, whereas before I would hide away and maybe only look for the ball 10 minutes later. I don't want to give the defenders any break.
"I sat down with my agent and went through my youth-team video footage. I saw that when I started, I'd get on the ball and within two touches would turn straight away and look to attack my opponent, but when I got into the first team, I would go for the safer option. So I went back to basics where I needed to be on the front foot and the defenders on the back foot."
