Chapter 1 What Chen Yingxiong Said

What Chen Yingxiong had said was gradually becoming a reality. Martin O'Neill never thought that what he initially thought was Chen Yingxiong's nonsense would actually be pushed closer to realization by him bit by bit.

Now he really had a headache.

In February, first of all, the ownership of a championship had to be decided—the League Cup final was held on February 28.

Liverpool had fought their way to this point, so could Martin O'Neill retreat at the last minute and say he was giving up this championship?

Of course not!

He had to use his main force and fight Manchester City to the death in the League Cup final. Liverpool must not let Manchester City snatch the championship away!

Anyone could win the championship, except for a team from Liverpool or two teams from Manchester!

So Martin O'Neill couldn't give up this game.

The Champions League round of 16 was naturally something he couldn't give up either. The opponent was Bayern Munich! Last season, his team fell at their feet and failed to reach the final. This time, he had to avenge that no matter what.

What's more, could the dignified Liverpool stop at the round of 16?

It would be a joke!

So, what about the FA Cup?

Martin O'Neill focused his attention on the FA Cup schedule.

On February 13, Liverpool had an FA Cup match to play against West Bromwich.

The opponent was so weak that he couldn't give up even if he wanted to!

No matter what, the Liverpool reserve team was still a powerhouse reserve team, and its strength was no weaker than that of a Championship team. In addition, with Chen Yingxiong, it would probably be difficult to lose.

Most importantly, Chen Yingxiong was a guarantee of results……

Unless he could prevent Chen Yingxiong from participating in the FA Cup match, but could he do that?

He simply couldn't!

Oh, this was really a headache!

Martin O'Neill rubbed his temples, calculating again and again, and found that he couldn't give up anything.

Liverpool was thus tied to Chen Yingxiong's ambition war chariot, speeding towards the goal of four championships.

The whole process was very exciting. Martin O'Neill, on the war chariot, looked at the scenery that was rapidly receding and the road ahead that had become blurred due to the speed, and he was terrified.

He was afraid that the speed was too fast, and the car would directly roll over when it took a sharp turn, resulting in the destruction of the car and the death of the people in it!

Young people were so easily carried away with enthusiasm!

Martin O'Neill sighed helplessly.

Although he was sitting in the driver's seat, he felt that he couldn't control this war chariot anymore.

He could only let the car rush forward with inertia……

He only hoped that the final result wouldn't be too bad.

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February only had twenty-eight days, but there were quite a few games, and most importantly, not only were there many games, but they were also very important and were all tough battles!

First of all, there was the Merseyside Derby on February 6—the twenty-fifth round of the league, Liverpool playing against Everton at home.

Then there was the twenty-sixth round of the league on February 10, where Liverpool would go to the away game to challenge Arsenal, which was also a strong match. This game away against Arsenal was not easy to play.

On February 13, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged West Bromwich away.

On February 16, in the twenty-seventh round of the league, Liverpool challenged Manchester City away, which was another tough battle.

On February 19, in the twenty-eighth round of the league, Liverpool played against Blackburn at home.

Immediately after that, on February 24, in the Champions League round of 16, Liverpool played away against Bayern Munich first and then at home. This was a battle for revenge.

Four days later, on February 28, at Wembley Stadium, in the League Cup final, Liverpool and Manchester City staged a peak showdown.

Six games in twenty-eight days, an average of more than one game every four days.

Looking at the opponents in these games—Everton was their city rival, Arsenal was a traditional powerhouse, Manchester City was a strong rising nouveau riche, and Bayern Munich was the defending champion of the Champions League.

Having to face so many strong enemies in one month, and with such a dense schedule, it was no wonder that Martin O'Neill felt that January was a good month.

Yes, compared to February, which was not a month for humans to live through, January was really a good month.

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Because of the winning streak in January, Liverpool became the biggest winner in the monthly best awards.

Martin O'Neill won the Best Coach, Chen Yingxiong won the Best Player, and Liverpool won the Best Team.

However, for Liverpool, they were numb to this kind of monthly best awards.

No matter how many of these monthly honors they won, they were not as exciting as the final league championship.

When Martin O'Neill and Chen Yingxiong returned to the team with the best trophies, they were facing the Merseyside Derby against Everton.

The Merseyside Derby now only existed in name.

Liverpool was playing at home again, so it shouldn't be a big problem to play against Everton. But out of his usual caution, Martin O'Neill still attached great importance to it.

No matter how big the gap between the two teams was, no matter how one-sided the past results were.

The influence of the "Derby" was still deeply rooted, and the older people were, the more they cared about and valued it.

Martin O'Neill believed that as long as his team showed a little bit of contempt, they might be pounced on and bitten to death by Everton.

He absolutely dared not be careless.

He would rather make full preparations and finally usher in an easy victory than do nothing and be beaten to a pulp by the opponent.

Of course, perhaps it was precisely because he made sufficient preparations every time that Liverpool was able to easily defeat Everton and win the Merseyside Derby.

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In fact, that was indeed the case.

Liverpool faced such a game against Everton at their home stadium without any suspense.

The final score was 3:1, and Liverpool won a victory. Chen Yingxiong scored twice in the game and became the most dazzling star of that game.

For Liverpool fans, every Merseyside Derby was their festival. And Everton fans were much more miserable.

Chen Yingxiong used to stimulate Everton fans a lot in the games.

But this time, Chen Yingxiong scored two goals in the game, but he didn't make any celebratory actions against Everton fans, such as telling them to shut up or slapping them.

He just spread his arms and ran wildly, and his celebrations were ordinary, without any other meaning.

Because through helping old Mr. Samuel Mertes find the tickets, he met an Everton fan, Mr. Dugal. That was a person who valued a man's promise more than anything else.

When he thought of this Everton fan, he felt that if he made those celebratory actions, he would be letting down Mr. Dugal.

So he restrained himself and just treated it as an ordinary game, and just celebrated normally after scoring a goal.

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Dugal was indeed at Anfield that day to watch the game. Without any suspense, Everton was beaten by Liverpool and Chen Yingxiong without any ability to fight back.

The Everton fans around him were very frustrated and angry. When Chen Yingxiong scored a goal, they all raised their middle fingers and shouted at Chen Yingxiong: "fuCk_you! fuCk!!"

Chen Yingxiong was Liverpool's hero, so he was Everton's enemy.

However, Dugal did not take such extreme actions to deal with Chen Yingxiong like the Everton fans around him.

Because of old Mr. Samuel Mertes, he had an intersection with Chen Yingxiong, and he understood what kind of person Chen Yingxiong was. His view of Chen Yingxiong in his heart had changed from the initial extreme disgust to being able to look at him with a normal eye.

Moreover, Chen Yingxiong did not run to celebrate against Everton fans after scoring a goal, which made him feel even better about Chen Yingxiong.

Chen Yingxiong was the kind of person who liked to deliberately stimulate rival fans the most, which could be seen from his dealings with Manchester City. How did those Manchester City fans treat Chen Yingxiong back then? In the end, how did Chen Yingxiong slap them back? All English fans were familiar with this matter.

Even in the past Merseyside Derbies, Chen Yingxiong always tried to find ways to stimulate Everton fans after scoring a goal. Either he put his index finger on his lips to signal them to shut up, or he spread his hands and made a disdainful gesture.

But this time, in addition to running wildly and hugging his teammates, he did not have any other excessive actions.

This made him feel that Chen Yingxiong was not the kind of fool who only had love and hate in his head and would not be flexible.

Chen Yingxiong, ah, is actually an ordinary person like me!

Ha!

Dugal felt that the great hero in the mouths of Liverpool fans was actually no different from himself, and he was a little proud.

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In the end, Liverpool easily took down Everton at home, and this game did not cause any waves.

The focus of the media was not on this.

Because the suspense of this game was too small.

They were more concerned about Liverpool's next game to challenge Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Although Arsenal's record against Liverpool was also more losses than wins, this was Arsenal's home after all.

It was not an easy task for Liverpool to win.

The first match between the two sides this season was not long ago.

At that time, Chen Yingxiong was busy finding tickets for old Mr. Samuel Mertes, and in order to send him the tickets, he also played a scene of "not returning home at night," which caused the media to collectively climax, and they questioned his professionalism and discipline. Some people also said that Chen Yingxiong playing like this would affect his state.

As a result, Chen Yingxiong used a hat-trick in one game to fight back against all those who questioned him and thought that his not returning home at night would lead to a decline in his state.

In that game, Arsenal was blown out by Chen Yingxiong alone at the away game.

But that was at Anfield's home stadium.

In the world of football, it was common for teams to be strong at home and weak away.

Chen Yingxiong could stage a hat-trick at his home stadium, and naturally he might not be able to score a goal at the away game.

In the football world, the difference between home and away games was very important and superstitious.

The performance at home and away can really be worlds apart.

Therefore, Arsenal fans were full of beautiful fantasies and expectations, expecting Arsenal to beat Liverpool badly at home and avenge the 4:1 defeat they suffered in the first half of the season at the opponent's home stadium!