Chapter 1 Arsenal's Counterattack

Arsenal's wild celebrations finally ended with the intervention of the referee. The Arsenal players returning to the field looked extraordinarily excited, their faces flushed and their eyes shining.

In stark contrast were the Liverpool reserve team players, who stood on the field, dumbfounded. They didn't react until the Arsenal players had finished celebrating.

When the game restarted, they realized.

We're behind!

Damn it!

We're behind on our own turf!

How could this happen!

This shouldn't be happening!

Realizing this, the Liverpool reserve team players tried to push forward and attack frantically after the game started, wanting to level the score.

Their underestimation of the Arsenal first team played a significant role – they thought it was very abnormal to let Arsenal take the lead.

But the following game gave them another blow.

Anxious to equalize, the Liverpool reserve team, due to their aggressive attack, left their defense empty, and Arsenal seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

At this time, the gap between them and the Arsenal first team in individual strength was fully revealed.

Arsenal's counterattack easily tore through the Liverpool reserve team's defense.

Then Podolski sent the football into the Liverpool reserve team's goal!

"Ah... ah! The situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse! Liverpool has conceded two goals in four minutes!"

"Arsenal has scored again! They are two goals ahead of the Liverpool reserve team! The first half has not even reached the twenty-minute mark! Arsenal has had a perfect start, but for the Liverpool reserve team, this is simply too bad!"

"When the Liverpool reserve team was ambitious and wanted to quickly equalize the score, Arsenal gave them a head-on blow! Two consecutive goals left them without any temper!"

The cheers of the Arsenal fans rang out again at the scene. They cheered twice in four minutes, and the second cheer even rang out before the last one had completely subsided.

They are the happiest people during this time!

In the last game, watching their team be completely defeated by the Liverpool reserve team by two goals on the same field, it was not only the players who felt ashamed, but also the fans in the stands. They had the same idea as the players - is our dignified Arsenal first team unable to beat even a Liverpool reserve team?

Now they have finally found a chance to vent the frustration in their hearts.

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The Liverpool reserve team players stood blankly on the field, watching the cheering Arsenal players.

A gust of wind blew by, and they felt a chill as their sweat-soaked clothes clung to their skin. Someone even shivered.

They then realized that the team standing in front of them was not the Arsenal reserve team, but... the Arsenal first team!

This team is not one they can easily defeat.

The reason why they were able to defeat Arsenal in the last game was definitely not because their strength was stronger than Arsenal, but because their tactics were more reasonable and their mentality was better.

Now, without strict tactical protection, they are just fish on the chopping board for the Arsenal first team players to insult at will. If it weren't for Martin O'Neill's tactics, they wouldn't be qualified to stand on the same stage as the Arsenal first team at all!

Now Arsenal's two goals stripped them naked, leaving them exposed in front of everyone, allowing people to comment and point fingers. They immediately felt a sense of shame, wishing they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, so as not to continue to be insulted here.

This team was originally a reserve team, and reserve team players are inherently deficient. Perhaps they can still have some premonitions in front of the first teams of those Premier League bottom teams, but in the face of the first teams of giants, they are really lacking in confidence.

Before, they relied entirely on the victory in this game to gain a psychological advantage over Arsenal.

Now Arsenal returned a 2-0 score in four minutes, and immediately shattered all their psychological advantages.

Their unstable confidence began to collapse, and they easily went from one extreme to the other. For example, now, they have gone from confidence to self-doubt.

They began to feel that they could not defeat Arsenal.

Not to mention that their strength is far from that of the Arsenal first team, even if the two teams are evenly matched, it is difficult to make a comeback when the other side is already two goals ahead.

A strong sense of despair quietly climbed into their hearts.

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Arsenal also saw this.

After they scored the second goal, they ran to the coach's bench to celebrate again. When Wenger was surrounded by them, he didn't cheer loudly or celebrate the goal with them, but seized the time to deploy tactics.

Now it is a good thing that the team is two goals ahead, but if Arsenal is satisfied with this and stops moving forward, considering that there are still nearly seventy minutes left in the game, and this is Liverpool's home ground, and they also have a Chen Hero, leading by two goals cannot be said to be absolutely safe.

To completely win this game, it is not enough to just lead by two goals.

Now the morale of the Liverpool reserve team players is obviously low. As long as they seize the opportunity to score another goal, there is a high probability of completely defeating this young team.

Young people, momentum comes quickly and dissipates quickly.

Wenger knows this all too well.

As long as they continue to exert pressure, they will collapse under the pressure themselves. At that time, Arsenal can defeat Liverpool without any effort, and can also win enough confidence in this game.

He took advantage of everyone's celebration of the goal and said to the players: "Now is not the time to celebrate to your heart's content, guys! Do you still remember the shame the opponent brought you in the last game? Is it enough to just lead them by two goals? Continue to score, continue to attack! Completely defeat them!"

The Arsenal players now "worship" their coach Wenger. They accept whatever Wenger says unconditionally and without doubt.

Besides, what the boss said is right, how can two goals offset the shame they brought us? We have to score three goals, four goals!

The Arsenal players returned to the field with murderous intent.

Wenger stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, looking elegant. He looked at these players with hope in his heart.

The Liverpool reserve team is finished. As long as he gives them another push, they will fall into the abyss completely!

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After the game restarted, Arsenal did strengthen their attack. They launched a fierce attack on Liverpool's goal.

The Liverpool reserve team players didn't dare to think about equalizing the score now. They shrank back and retreated across the board.

It's just that this kind of retreat is completely different from the retreat in the last game.

This is passive, negative, and embarrassing.

In Arsenal's fierce attack, the Liverpool reserve team's goal was like a lone boat in a storm, being pushed back and forth by the wind and waves, and could capsize at any time.

The Liverpool fans in the stands were also holding their hearts in their hands.

The League Cup has reached the quarter-finals, and one step further is the semi-finals. Could it be that they will fall at the door of the semi-finals?

The Liverpool reserve team players are also working very hard to support.

Now they have realized the gap between themselves and Arsenal, and realized why Arsenal is a giant.

These geniuses only need one person to keep two or three of them busy.

And what about them?

A sense of despair gradually climbed into the hearts of these people.

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More than twenty minutes into the game, the best protagonist is definitely the Arsenal stars. Four days ago, they lost to the Liverpool reserve team 0:2 on this stadium, losing without the ability to fight back. The dignified Arsenal first team can't even beat a reserve team, which made them the object of everyone's ridicule during these four days.

But I didn't expect that in just four days, they completed a gorgeous turnaround, a standard "prince's revenge". Gao Fushuai Arsenal trampled the diaosi Liverpool reserve team under their feet. (Gao Fushuai is a Chinese internet slang term for tall, rich and handsome. Diaosi is a Chinese internet slang term that refers to people who are losers or have a low social status.)

So they deserve to be elected as the best protagonist.

The best supporting role must be the Liverpool reserve team, whose performance has made a big reversal. They have completed the task of setting off Arsenal's gao fushuai very well.

But everyone has overlooked a person.

When the Liverpool reserve team players were panting after a defense, Chen Hero ran back.

He clapped his hands to the crowd: "Cheer up! It's just two goals behind!"

Everyone looked up at Chen Hero.

Perhaps only Chen Hero has the confidence to say this...

"Two goals behind and you're beaten? You're going to Wembley with me! You're scared by such a small difficulty?"

After speaking, Chen Hero ignored his stunned teammates and ran back to the frontcourt, ready to meet another attack.

Chen Hero is not the kind of person who simply uses illusory rhetoric to encourage people.

What he says, he must do.

He also knows that it is useless to say anything now. The most powerful thing is action. These reserve team players have lost their confidence. Only strong action can save their confidence.

After the game restarted, Arsenal continued to besiege the Liverpool reserve team, hoping to score another goal and take a three-goal lead in the first half, completely defeating the Liverpool reserve team.

In their eyes, the Liverpool reserve team's defense line is already crumbling. They only need to add another force... to push them into the abyss!

For this reason, their eyes are only on Liverpool's loose defense line and Liverpool's goal.

They don't care about their own defense at all.

Anyway, the Liverpool reserve team has been frightened by them and is unable to organize a threatening attack!

But they forgot one thing, Liverpool's reserve team has never been organized by these reserve team players...