Actually, before this matter, Wenger had been worried about something else.

In his plan, the first League Cup game was supposed to be lost. Only in this way could Liverpool be made to relax, to be fooled into thinking that Arsenal was vulnerable.

So, could the first game be won?

Difficult. Because in the first game, Liverpool's fighting spirit and morale were very strong. Facing such a team that he had always valued, he didn't think Arsenal could easily win. Especially when everyone deep down didn't take this team seriously at all.

Since they couldn't win, it would be better to lose with value.

Use a defeat to paralyze Liverpool, making them think that Arsenal had already been scared out of their wits and were very easy to deal with.

As long as Liverpool could be made to have such a misunderstanding, they would underestimate their opponent.

In this way, with calculation against carelessness, Arsenal could win the game.

Saying this, perhaps many people wouldn't believe it—Arsenal, in the face of a Liverpool reserve team, would be so cautious!

But that was the truth. Those teams that weren't careful had all died at the feet of the Liverpool reserve team, and Wenger didn't dare to underestimate them at all.

It was just a little difficult to get his team to deliberately lose the first game.

He just lowered his profile a little when he accepted an interview before the game, and it made these players lose all their morale and have opinions in their hearts… If he said it directly, he didn't know what the consequences would be.

Moreover, he wanted to keep it a secret and didn't want Liverpool to know his plan. But if he told his players clearly, who knew if everyone among them could keep their mouths shut.

If the news leaked out, all his efforts would be in vain. And he would become the laughingstock of everyone.

Therefore, he had always been at a loss as to how to tell his ideas to those players, to make them understand his good intentions, while still confusing Liverpool.

At this moment, such a thing happened.

It gave him a flash of inspiration, and he found the best way to solve this problem.

This way, no one would think that Wenger deliberately lost the game, and Liverpool would have a deep impression of Arsenal as arrogant, underestimating their opponent, and vulnerable.

It was truly killing two birds with one stone!

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The result of this matter was just as Wenger hoped.

Arsenal's players quickly realized what was going on—as long as they could defeat the Liverpool reserve team in the FA Cup, they could make the boss bow his head and admit his mistake, and re-evaluate them.

This was a very tempting thing.

No one wanted to be looked down upon by their coach, and everyone wanted to work hard to prove that they were right.

In their opinion, the opponent was just a reserve team. Even if it was Liverpool's reserve team, it was still a reserve team. No matter how great they were, they were still a reserve team. What was there to be afraid of?

If we go all out, can't we still defeat a reserve team? If that's the case, then our first team shouldn't be fighting for the league title and Champions League qualification, and should just go and play in the reserve team league.

Arsenal's players had absolute confidence in their strength.

Because they were all child prodigies who had become famous at a young age, otherwise Arsenal wouldn't have taken a fancy to them. They came to Arsenal with various titles of genius, so naturally they had some arrogance and confidence.

They felt that they were the chosen ones, with outstanding strength.

Defeating a Liverpool reserve team was simply a piece of cake.

They were afraid of Liverpool's first team, but they weren't afraid of the reserve team.

Wenger watched the team's morale recover and smiled wryly in his heart.

Arsenal used to be different.

In recent years, they had been suppressed by Liverpool too much, and they had even lost some confidence when facing Liverpool. From one extreme, they had gone to another extreme. It was precisely because of their fear of Liverpool's first team that they had such a contemptuous idea when facing Liverpool's reserve team—they couldn't wait to regain what they had lost to Liverpool's first team from the reserve team, as if defeating the reserve team was the same as defeating the first team.

This idea was a bit twisted.

But Wenger couldn't reverse it.

He could only watch his team run headfirst into a brick wall, hoping that this collision could wake them up.

He raised his head and looked at the northern sky.

He wondered if everything that had happened on his side could deceive Liverpool… If they believed it to be true, then it would be worth it.

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Wenger was humble and begging for mercy before the game, which was too abnormal, so Martin O'Neill didn't believe it.

He was still preparing for the game according to the standards of a strong enemy.

He told everyone how difficult Arsenal was to deal with.

Liverpool could suppress Arsenal in the league because they were using the first team. Now, these are all reserve team players, so naturally they had to be more careful.

In any case, Arsenal's first team was also a giant, and his reserve team… only Chen Hero met the standard.

Therefore, Liverpool attached great importance to this FA Cup match.

One side was arrogant and underestimated their opponent, while the other side treated them with caution.

The result of this game that everyone was watching seemed to have been destined long ago…

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Anfield was bustling with noise and excitement, and the Liverpool fans in the stands were like a red ocean. They kept creating waves of people to cheer for Liverpool.

Now, Liverpool's fans had also become accustomed to letting Liverpool's reserve team represent Liverpool in the League Cup and FA Cup matches.

Just because it was a reserve team, it didn't weaken their cheering in the slightest.

In their opinion, there was no distinction between the first team and the reserve team, they were all Liverpool.

The game had been going on for ten minutes, and the score was 0:0.

It could be said that the game had just begun, and this score was quite normal.

But Arsenal's players didn't think so. Because their opponent was a reserve team, they had originally hoped to score a goal at the beginning.

Moreover, there was a terrifying shadow in their hearts, always chasing after them, making them unable to sleep or eat in peace.

That terrifying shadow came from Chen Hero.

They were always worried that Chen Hero would score first, and then drag the game into Liverpool's most familiar track.

This worry had been lingering in their minds, like a death warrant, deeply planting fear in their hearts.

In order not to let Chen Hero succeed, they had to attack desperately from the beginning of the game, and fall into a state of anxiety from the beginning of the game.

In this way, how could they score a goal? They simply didn't have the patience to pass the ball back and forth outside Liverpool's penalty area, looking for opportunities. Instead, they rushed up and shot as soon as they saw a chance.

They were afraid that their goal would be later than Chen Hero's.

And Chen Hero hadn't done anything yet, he was just watching them from behind, which made the Arsenal players sweat on their backs.

This was the deterrence of the world's number one striker!

This kind of deterrence made the Arsenal players lose their composure and wanted to score goals quickly.

But things on the football field were so "contrary to expectations." The more you wanted to score a goal, the less you could score a goal.

Ten minutes had passed, and Arsenal had five shots, but none of them were on target. Either they were blocked by Liverpool's players, or they were directly too high or too wide.

This was still Liverpool letting them attack like this, because Liverpool's reserve team was retreating across the board when defending, shrinking to defend the penalty area.

Whether facing Arsenal or Chelsea, they did the same.

The people had changed, but the tactics hadn't changed.

Faced with Liverpool's retreat, Arsenal had five chances to shoot, but they all wasted them.

After so many chances in the first ten minutes, Arsenal's players began to panic gradually.

They were afraid that Chen Hero would score in the eleventh minute. Even if he didn't score in the eleventh minute, they would worry that Chen Hero would score in the twelfth minute… In short, they couldn't relax their hearts, always hanging in their throats. How could they concentrate on the game if they were always so worried?

The more they were afraid, the more flustered they became, and the more flustered they became, the more impatient they became.

Impatiently, they didn't care about anything and bombarded Liverpool's goal.

Of course, the space behind them was naturally temporarily out of their control.

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In the seventeenth minute, Liverpool's reserve team took the lead.

The goal was scored by Chen Hero, who Arsenal was most worried about.

They took advantage of Arsenal's massive attack and the huge gap behind them to launch a high-quality counterattack.

They directly passed the ball long to the frontcourt. After Chen Hero used his body to receive the ball, he charged forward with the ball alone—this dribbling was not difficult, because Arsenal's defense line was completely empty. Chen Hero was like a horse running freely on the deserted prairie.

Chen Hero faced Szczesny, who was alone.

This kind of ball was too simple for him!

Chen Hero didn't even use any feints. He shook Szczesny away and directly took a lightning-fast shot.

The football whizzed towards the far corner.

Szczesny couldn't save it in time and could only watch the football fly past him and crash into the net!

"Goal——!!!"

As Harry Lorry roared with a long voice, a huge cheer rang out in Anfield.

Liverpool's fans jumped up from their seats and raised their arms and shouted.

"Long live Liverpool! Long live, Hero!!!"

This momentum was like a monstrous wave, quickly sweeping the entire stadium, and then overwhelmingly pressing towards the field.

The Arsenal players on the field stood there blankly, watching Chen Hero, who was celebrating his goal with his arms outstretched in front of the goal.

They just stared blankly, without any other actions.

The thing they were most worried about… had still happened!

The tiger hidden in the darkness jumped out and knocked them to the ground.

This was no longer what they were worried about, this was the truth!

Bloody… truth!