If that was a warning shot, the decisive strike came soon after.
The decisive strike was full of quality as Clarke turned and curled a cracking effort past goalkeeper Jamie Jones from the edge of the area.
Either side of what proved the decisive strike several chances were wasted, with the right-winger Gemma Davison and the central defender Gilly Flaherty the main culprits, while at the other end a Leanne Crichton header – Notts County's only effort on target – was cleared off the line.
My doctor told me that determination and willpower are the decisive factors in a hunger strike, and it seems that Sandu has plenty of both.
The game seemed to be tilting the way of the Dublin side but Patterson pounced on a defensive mistake for the decisive strike in extra-time.
The first shoot-out in Olympic history ensued, and Ellen Hoog smashed home the decisive strike.
Today is the decisive day".
The former, though, were the decisive hundred.
"The Internet is the decisive factor there.
"That was the decisive moment".
