Chapter 1 Hitting the Mountain is Easy, Shaking Chen Hero… is Hard!!

When Chen Hero ignored Smalling and others' interference and collisions, still heading the football into the goal,

The commentator from China TV used a very classic line to evaluate.

"Hitting the mountain is easy, shaking Chen Hero... is hard!!"

Because any fool could see that Smalling and others had taken the initiative to crash into Chen Hero. So Chen Hero didn't foul. Overall, although there had always been rumors that Webb was a Manchester United fan, he was still pretty fair in his judgment of this ball.

After falling to the ground, Smalling’s first reaction was to look at the referee, wanting to see if he had made a ruling favorable to Manchester United, declaring the goal invalid.

But no, Webb’s gestures made it very clear that the goal was good!

Smalling immediately hugged his shoulder and howled on the ground. At first, he did hope to attract the referee's attention and get him to overturn the call.

Or even if he couldn't, he wanted to turn the goal into a "controversial goal", so everyone could argue about it.

But soon he felt something was wrong.

When his right hand touched his left shoulder, which had collided with Chen Hero, he really felt the pain…

He quickly pulled open his collar and looked down, only to see that his shoulder was already purple!

Damn it! I’m really injured!

He quickly lay on the ground, raised his arm, and signaled for the stretcher to come on.

This time it wasn't an act…

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Manchester United's team doctor ran onto the field. Ferguson was furious on the sidelines, roaring at the fourth official: "That's an offensive foul! Foul first! There's no reason for that goal to count!"

The fourth official was also a referee. He was the fourth official in this game, and he would be the referee in the next game. In the Premier League, no referee didn't know what Ferguson's temper was like.

There was no point in arguing with him at this time, unless you wanted to mess with him. Because arguing with him was never-ending.

He just remained silent, letting Ferguson vent.

In fact, Ferguson also knew that his complaint was unreasonable. Smalling had indeed charged into Chen Hero first.

But knowing it in his heart was one thing, doing it was another. In order to protect his team's rights, he had no qualms about reversing black and white. Not just him, everyone was like that. There were very few people who could truly be fair and just. People always had selfish motives, especially when it was related to interests.

Ferguson also knew that Chen Hero hadn't fouled, but if his shouting could make the referee think that Chen Hero had indeed fouled, and then make many rulings favorable to Manchester United during the game, then he wouldn't mind doing it.

After he roared for a minute, the fourth official told Webb through his headset what was happening on the sidelines. Webb ran over and gave Ferguson a verbal warning.

Ferguson returned to the bench unhappily.

His psychological tactics didn't work.

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The team doctor believed that Smalling was unable to continue the game. Although it was a blunt force injury, it had already swollen up, and Smalling was in so much pain that he writhed as soon as it was touched.

For a center-back, physical contact was essential. If he accidentally touched his injured area during the game, he would be in so much pain that he would lose his ability to move, so how could he defend? Not to mention, what would he do if Liverpool deliberately targeted his left side?

So the best way was to substitute him.

Jonathan Evans, who was filling in as left-back, was moved to the center, and Fabio da Silva, a left-back, was brought back on.

Smalling's injury had more than just this impact.

You see, when the team doctor was examining Smalling, everyone was around him, and they all saw Smalling's swollen shoulder with their own eyes.

Just colliding with Chen Hero had turned him into this.

What about Chen Hero?

Everyone turned their heads to look. Chen Hero had taken off his jersey and was celebrating. There wasn't a single scar on his body…!

Was this still a human being?!

Many people were shocked in their hearts.

A shadow fell over everyone’s hearts.

Smalling was considered to be a very strong player in the Manchester United team, but he couldn't even last one round under Chen Hero's impact…

Then what about us ordinary people…

Many people swallowed when they thought about how they might become like Smalling.

The seed was planted in this way. Even the Manchester United players themselves didn't realize it, and perhaps wouldn't admit it, but they did develop a hint of fear towards Chen Hero in their hearts.

This mentality might not have any effect normally, and it wouldn't attract attention. But at critical moments, it might play a vital role!

This was the impact of Smalling's injury.

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Chen Hero didn't know that the Manchester United players' gazes toward him were changing.

He received a yellow card for taking off his jersey to celebrate. This yellow card brought boos from the entire Anfield. Liverpool fans thought that the referee should just turn a blind eye at such a joyful moment. Webb had to risk the world's condemnation to give this yellow card, which only proved that he was a complete Manchester United fan. He saw that Chen Hero's goal was impeccable, so he could only find fault in these minor details to disgust the Liverpool people…

Chen Hero didn't care much.

The goal was awesome and important, so it didn't matter if he indulged a little.

Besides, he was a center forward. If he didn't want to get a card, it would be really hard to get one.

Now that they had tied the score, naturally they had to work hard to try to surpass it.

He beckoned his teammates to return to their own half and let Manchester United kick off.

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"Just now Hero scored his ninety-ninth goal of the season!" The commentator's voice was trembling, he was a little excited. "Ninety-ninth goal! What does this mean? This means that as long as he scores another goal, Hero's total number of goals this season will break one hundred again! But not only that! Now Hero's total number of league goals for Liverpool has reached two hundred and forty-four, only one goal away from Liverpool legend Roger Hunt's two hundred and forty-five league goal record!"

Since Chen Hero broke one hundred goals in a single season last season, the commentators were now paying attention to this aspect.

To avoid anything like Chen Hero breaking a record and them not knowing about it from happening again.

"Hero's total number of goals for Liverpool is now four hundred and twelve, long surpassing Ian Rush's most goals record for the first team!"

When Chen Hero broke the record at the time, major media outlets gave it extensive coverage.

Because this meant that the number one shooter in Liverpool's history had been born!

Now Chen Hero was continuing to break his own record. Judging from his current scoring efficiency, he might bring this "total number of first team goals" record to a very high level, perhaps no one would be able to break it in the distant future.

When Chen Hero saw this record at the time, he thought that even if he scored thirty-five goals a season, he would complete it in ten seasons. He didn't expect that he only used half the time, five seasons was enough.

"I'm afraid he doesn't even know that he is only one goal away from Roger Hunt's record. But I think that according to his performance, Roger Hunt's record is likely to be tied in this game—at least it will be tied, and it might even become history!"

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Chen Hero really didn't know that he had closed in on Roger Hunt's goal record.

Now there was no record in his mind at all. His mind was full of defeating Manchester United, defending Liverpool's dignity and honor at home, and satisfying his competitive spirit.

The game quickly restarted.

In fact, the current situation was still acceptable for Manchester United.

Even if they couldn't defeat Liverpool away from home, drawing with their opponents away from home would be a great achievement. You have to know that many teams can't even draw with Liverpool this season. Being able to draw with Liverpool twice in a season would be good for Manchester United.

But the Manchester United players wouldn't think so. This game was the boss's last English national derby. They had to give him a victory as a farewell gift.

Old Sir had fought for thirty years to defeat Liverpool, and this last period had to be drawn to a perfect circle!

Similarly, this tie was not unacceptable for Liverpool. Anyway, they didn't lose to Manchester United at home, and another tie wouldn't have any impact on the final league title.

In Liverpool's current situation, they could be completely normal.

But it was impossible. Because the opponent they were facing was Liverpool's arch-rival Manchester United, and it was at their home stadium. Even a tie would be a complete failure for the Liverpool people!

Liverpool people would not accept any result other than victory.

Both sides had to win, so the following game would be fierce.

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Although Liverpool was one player short, Chen Hero had been the only one attacking in front, and Manchester United was suppressed by them and had no chance to counterattack, so Liverpool's physical energy consumption was not as great as people thought.

Now only twenty minutes into the second half, the Liverpool players still looked full of physical energy. They ran back and forth on the field, and there was no sign of exhaustion.

If it were those viewers who only turned on the TV halfway through, they wouldn't even know that Liverpool was one player short.

After the game restarted, Manchester United didn't immediately press out to attack, nor did they play any counterattacks. They continued to defend, as if they hadn't lost a goal. This was Ferguson's order. Now that Liverpool had just tied the score, their morale was high. If Manchester United went out to attack, they would only die faster. What they had to do now was wait, wait for Liverpool, who were one player short, to start to decline in physical energy and become impatient. That was when Manchester United's long sword would be unsheathed!

However, Manchester United's approach didn't make things difficult for the Liverpool players.

Even if Manchester United continued to shrink back, the Liverpool players now had the confidence to break through Manchester United's goal. The method was simple, still constantly passing high balls to Chen Hero. Let Chen Hero compete for the header alone.

Smalling's fall had frightened the Manchester United players. If they continued to play like this, Liverpool would score sooner or later.

This method was very unreasonable.

But it worked!

Liverpool wouldn't reason with Manchester United. Just like Manchester United would never reason with Liverpool.

When it came to the glory of two arch-rivals, who would be in the mood to convince people with reason?

We convince people with fists!