Chapter 1 When Heroes Turn

No one could have imagined that Chen Hero would use such a method to get rid of Kompany when he turned around. Because this feint was too realistic!

He turned around with the ball, looking as if he was about to break through from Kompany's right side. Who would have thought that his long leg would whip out like a whip, hooking the ball back, and it just so happened to go through Kompany's legs. It was unknown whether it was a coincidence or if he did it on purpose.

This was really too imaginative.

The following powerful shot seemed ordinary, because Chen Hero's shooting characteristics were originally like this.

The Manchester City fans were originally booing Chen Hero in the stands, cursing him in various ways. They didn't expect Chen Hero to use such a beautiful turn to get rid of his opponent, and then shoot directly and score.

It was as if something had flown into their wide-open mouths.

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"Hero!!!" Harry Levy roared, waving his arms. "His goal has put Liverpool ahead again! He has once again broken the deadlock in the game! He is best at doing this!"

Other commentators also roared.

"Although everyone said before the game that the match between Liverpool and Manchester City was a focus battle, I think with Chen Hero, there is no such thing as a focus or not. He is the focus! And the only one!"

"Like every weekend, Hero scored again! This has simply become a regular program every weekend! If one weekend, everyone finds that Chen Hero has not scored, then there must be something wrong!"

Amidst the commentators' frenzy, Chen Hero rushed to the front of the stand where the most extreme Manchester City fans were, fearless of the middle fingers and spit that the Manchester City fans stretched out and spewed out.

He put his hands behind his ears, making a listening gesture.

He's charging again!

The previous storm of anger had consumed a lot of his anger energy, and now it was time to recharge.

Fortunately, this was Manchester City's home stadium, and there were countless Manchester City fans who hated him. Their resentment towards him was enough for him to use for the entire game, without worrying about energy depletion.

Come on, guys! Vent your anger to the fullest! Give it all to me!

Anger is my favorite original sin!

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Chen Hero's provocative celebration really aroused great dissatisfaction among Manchester City fans. As everyone knows, Manchester City fans are simply like lustful women who flood easily when teased, so Chen Hero got what he needed most.

Looking at the distorted faces in the stands, twisted because of anger, Chen Hero especially enjoyed it.

He stood in front of them, only five or six meters away, separated only by billboards. The police were rushing over from other places.

Because of the strong smell of gunpowder before the game, every fan entering the stadium was prohibited from carrying lighters, coins, and other hard objects. Even flagpoles were confiscated.

So, although Manchester City fans were angry, they had nothing to throw down. Of course, if you had to say it, they actually had mobile phones. But for such a bastard, smashing your smartphone to pieces, isn't that a bit uneconomical?

That's right, that bastard must be hoping that we will be overwhelmed by anger and lose our minds, and then throw our phones down, losing money, and he will be happy.

We won't fall for it!

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The police ran over and stood between Chen Hero and the fans. Then other Liverpool players also ran up. They celebrated the goal with Chen Hero, and some even raised their fists to demonstrate to the Manchester City fans in the stands.

Manchester City fans could only use louder boos and curses to fight back against the arrogant Liverpool players.

But such attacks did not cause any substantial harm to Liverpool at all.

They collectively turned around in the roar of the Manchester City fans and slowly ran back to their own half.

Some people continued to raise their hands during this process, to salute the Liverpool fans who came with the team.

When Chen Hero had just scored, for a few seconds, the boos from Manchester City fans were blocked back, and the scene was very quiet. In those few seconds, Liverpool players clearly heard the cheers of the Liverpool fans.

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Kompany was very angry after losing the ball. There were two highlights of the reason for his anger.

One point was that the gap was opened from his side.

The second point was that he felt he had lost unfairly—he didn't think he was broken through because he was inferior to Chen Hero. He just felt that he was unlucky. The football that Chen Hero hooked back just happened to go through his legs. If it weren't for this, if any of his legs had touched it in the middle, the final result would definitely not have been like this.

He admitted that Chen Hero's turn to get rid of him was indeed very imaginative, but he also believed that the success of this move was too dependent on luck. If the luck was not good, then it would not be successful, and the offensive opportunity would be wasted.

Damn it! You got lucky, that's all!

Damn it!

The captain of the Belgian national team said fiercely in his heart, looking at Chen Hero's back.

Next time, you will never have such good luck!

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When Chen Hero scored the football, Mancini, who was standing on the sidelines, swayed. There was no annoyed expression on his face, but all the annoyed emotions were fully expressed through his body language.

Manchester City did press out to attack in this game, and Mancini didn't know the risks of doing so. But he had no choice. The media had already scolded Wenger and Arsenal to death, so if he still defended to the death, wouldn't it be even worse?

More importantly, Mancini felt that he didn't have the ability to make his subordinates so obedient. Let them defend to the death, and they can really defend to the death for ninety minutes without making mistakes. Manchester City is a team with many offensive players, which determines that their football style is also mainly offensive.

So, offense is integrated into the blood of Manchester City players. If they are rashly asked to defend to the death, I am afraid it will backfire, and these people may not listen to him.

You must know that Wenger has coached at Arsenal for more than ten years, and he is also a member of the Arsenal Club's board of directors. His position is unusually strong, and everyone must listen to him. No one dares not to listen. Therefore, Wenger was able to make his team suddenly change its most familiar style to defend. And he really guarded it.

From the perspective of the head coach, he admired Wenger very much and believed that Wenger had indeed made a correct decision.

But when it came to himself, he couldn't do that.

The hatred between Manchester City and Liverpool is too deep. They cannot accept Manchester City taking such a shameful approach in front of their mortal enemy Liverpool. Even if they go to a draw in the end, so what?

Therefore, sitting in the position of Manchester City coach, when you face Liverpool, you really have no other choice but to attack.

Now that the team's defense line has lost a goal, he can only rely on the team's offensive strength.

This game is not about defense, but about offense!

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Aguero is very active in the frontcourt, and he is assisted by Silva and Lavezzi.

Targeting Liverpool's defense line, Mancini has lined up a "small, fast, and agile" set of forwards.

Using the skillful footwork and passing and running cooperation between several small players to tear apart Liverpool's defense.

Skrtel is tall and slow to turn around. Pepe likes to rush forward, which is perfect for breaking through him with a small, fast, and agile method. Because his rush forward is actually a competition of who can handle the ball first. He has to poke the ball away when the offensive player controls the football. And as long as the offensive player can grab the ball before Pepe, pass the football to the nearest teammate next to him, and then turn around to get rid of him, a breakthrough can be formed. Once Pepe loses his rush, he will leave a huge gap behind him.

It has to be said that Mancini's style of play is quite successful, and it can just restrain Liverpool's defense line.

The distance between the three people is very close, which facilitates their mutual passing, running, and cooperation, and the success rate increases as the distance gets closer.

Then they really scored with such a style of play!

In the thirty-ninth minute, Manchester City just broke through Liverpool's defense line through a quick passing cooperation in front of the goal!

At that time, Nasri passed the ball straight into the frontcourt, and the football was passed to Aguero, who was facing away from the goal. Pepe decisively rushed forward. Aguero grabbed the ball before he arrived and passed it to his national team teammate Lavezzi, who was cutting inside from the wing.

After passing the ball, he himself was knocked to the ground by Pepe.

A huge boo sounded from the stands. Manchester City fans believed that Liverpool's Pepe's action must be a foul, and it was a very bad foul.

But the referee's whistle did not sound. He stretched his hands forward with his palms up. This meant advantage to the offense!

Lavezzi did not dribble the ball. He pushed the ball that Aguero gave him diagonally into the penalty area. The target area was the gap left behind Pepe's rush forward!

And David Silva cleverly cut in, a successful offside trap, and appeared behind Liverpool's entire defense line!

David Silva dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Reina and the defender Skrtel chasing closely behind him, he fully demonstrated a Spanish player's delicate footwork and calm attitude in front of the goal. After shaking down Reina, he pushed the shot into the empty goal.

Goal!

The Etihad Stadium was like a volcanic eruption, suddenly bursting out with huge cheers.

The enthusiasm of Manchester City fans was like hot lava, gushing out from every corner of the stands.

The on-site DJ led the fans to shout, "The goal scorer is David—"

More than 40,000 Manchester City fans in the stands shouted hoarsely, "—Silva!!!"

This sound was like a roaring torrent, sweeping across the entire Etihad Stadium.

Drowning all the Liverpool people.