Chapter 171 Liverpool's Declaration of Victory

Many, many years later, a legend would circulate around Stanley Park stadium: Whenever Liverpool found themselves in trouble, as long as they chanted Chen Hero's name, he would step forward to solve their problems.

Many young people who heard this legend at that time would scoff, believing that their fathers or grandfathers were exaggerating.

How could there be such a powerful player in the world? Scoring goals whenever he wanted? Turning defeat into victory at will?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Seeing the disdainful expressions on their children's faces, the elders couldn't help but burst out: "Damn it! I was there!"

The younger generation would secretly stick out their tongues, forced to temporarily believe their elders' "nonsense."

For people two or three decades later, the scene of Liverpool fans in the stands chanting Chen Hero's name in unison, and Chen Hero raising his right fist high, would seem like an exaggerated tale passed down through word of mouth. Perhaps Chen Hero had done it once by chance, and then it was infinitely exaggerated, becoming "always answering prayers."

If that were the case, wouldn't he be even more powerful than God? We pray to God, and he doesn't always answer our prayers...

People decades later wouldn't believe what was happening today.

They would think that their elders were just lonely and bored, exaggerating things to get their children to spend more time with them.

They wouldn't imagine that everything their elders said was just a normal scene in this day and age.

More than a thousand Liverpool fans at Fratton Park were making a request, calling out Chen Hero's name, praying to him.

Hoping he could step forward to save the team and turn the tide.

And Chen Hero heard their calls, raising his right fist high.

Then the shouts in the stands immediately turned into cheers.

Portsmouth's players paled.

Portsmouth's coach even jumped up from his seat as soon as he saw this action, rushing to the sidelines, waving his arms and shouting loudly: "Tighten the defense! Tighten the defense! Defend to the death!"

He knew what Chen Hero's action meant.

That man would definitely deliver on his promise!

And he had no other choice but to have his team defend to the death. Next, he could only leave it to fate.

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Portsmouth's desperate struggle was meaningless in the face of Chen Hero's action.

Just three minutes after Chen Hero raised his right fist in response to the Liverpool fans, Liverpool scored.

The scorer was Chen Hero.

He unleashed a sudden long shot from outside the penalty area, blasting open Portsmouth's goal.

"Hero—beautiful! Liverpool takes the lead! Three minutes after Arsenal took the lead, Liverpool also scored! At any moment, Chen Hero is someone you can fully trust!"

The commentator shouted.

And the Liverpool fans in the stands erupted in huge cheers.

The weight on many people's hearts was lifted.

Chen Hero had already responded to Arsenal in this way.

They believed Arsenal would soon know what had happened here.

They would definitely be affected by it!

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Indeed, what happened at Fratton Park quickly spread to Emirates Stadium.

After all, countless ears were perked up to gather news from there.

When the news that Liverpool had scored also came, a wave of boos erupted at Emirates Stadium.

Now, even without the assistant coach's loud reminders from the sidelines, the Arsenal players on the field knew what was happening at Fratton Park.

They were stunned for a moment.

Their goal was early enough, but they didn't expect Liverpool to score so quickly as well, like a mad dog chasing after them, biting at their heels...

Can we shake off this damnably troublesome opponent?

Some Arsenal players already had such thoughts in their minds.

As if knowing their thoughts, even worse news came, pushing them further into the abyss below the cliff!

Just a minute later, the stands at Emirates Stadium suddenly erupted in another wave of boos!

And this time, the boos were louder and more sustained than the last!

Faced with the overwhelming, deafening boos, the Arsenal players were dumbfounded. They didn't understand what was happening.

The previous boos were because Liverpool had scored, so what was this one for?

Did Liverpool score again?

Impossible, right?

It had only been a minute!

They couldn't be that fast, could they?

Amidst the boos, they turned their questioning gazes to the assistant coach on the sidelines.

Then their hearts instantly sank into an icy abyss!

The assistant coach's gestures clearly told them: Liverpool scored, scored again! Scored again!

Liverpool scored two goals in one minute!

The Arsenal players instantly felt that their efforts seemed destined to be meaningless...

We were lucky and scored a goal at the start, but they scored two goals in one minute... how can we compete with that?

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Liverpool scored two goals in one minute, who did it?

Such an awesome feat could only be done by Chen Hero, of course.

At Fratton Park, the Liverpool fans were going wild, they were so excited that they turned the tables, and only the cheers of Liverpool fans could be heard in the sky above this stadium.

And in the stadium, Chen Hero was already surrounded by his excited teammates.

Even they didn't expect Liverpool to score two goals in a row in one minute!

But Chen Hero did it!

After Portsmouth conceded a goal, they seemed a little annoyed and distracted. They had already tightened their defense, but they didn't expect Liverpool to score so quickly.

This was a big blow to them.

At the time, after the kickoff, the Portsmouth players passed the ball all the way back, originally intending to open up Liverpool's formation and then attack.

But in the process of constantly passing back, they made a passing error due to lack of concentration.

The ball was intercepted by Chen Hero, who had been charging forward since the kickoff.

Then Chen Hero deftly cut past the Portsmouth player who came to tackle him, and shot from distance again.

This shot was so sudden and tricky that the Portsmouth goalkeeper couldn't save it at all!

He could only watch the ball fly into his goal...

Everyone was dumbfounded, and then huge cheers erupted from the Liverpool side.

"In less than a minute, Hero scored two goals for Liverpool! This is our declaration of victory! Hero is using this method to tell Arsenal that we Liverpool are still invincible! Wanting to snatch the championship from us twice in a row, there's no way!"

Harry Levi shouted excitedly, waving his fist as if Arsenal were right in front of him.

"We need to continue scoring! We need to continue putting pressure on Arsenal! Let them understand that they can't compete with us at all! Even if they win this round of the league, we will surpass them in the next round! Want to win the championship by holding on to this one-point advantage? Dream on!"

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Liverpool's entire team had the same idea as Harry Levi at this time.

They knew that Arsenal was paying attention to Liverpool, so this was a good opportunity to put pressure on Arsenal. Use one goal after another to tell Arsenal that we are very strong and invincible. Constantly give Arsenal this kind of psychological suggestion.

Then their players will collapse.

In fact, after Chen Hero scored the second goal, the performance of the entire Arsenal team was already very abnormal.

Even at home, amidst the Arsenal fans' crazy cheers, the entire Arsenal team seemed distracted and unsettled.

Coach Hall was very anxious on the sidelines.

Originally, the situation at the beginning was very good. Arsenal took the lead, and the team's morale was high. He also saw the hope of winning the league championship—as long as they keep winning like this, it doesn't matter if Liverpool wins 10:0!

But who would have thought that Liverpool would score three minutes after they scored, and then score two goals in a row in one minute!

This was simply a combination punch that instantly stunned Arsenal.

Even Hall didn't expect Liverpool's counterattack to come so quickly, so decisively, and so ruthlessly.

Looking at Arsenal's current state, he was anxious and worried, but powerless. He didn't know how to eliminate Liverpool's influence in these players' hearts.

In the past fifteen seasons, Liverpool had won fourteen league championships. They monopolized the entire Premier League, and no matter how strong a team was, they could only bow down to them.

The result of Liverpool's long-term monopoly was that a seed was planted in the hearts of many teams and players—Liverpool is an invincible team that cannot be defeated, and anyone who dares to oppose Liverpool will die miserably!

Their image was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Perhaps everyone would try their best to deny that they were affected, but at this critical moment, the seed would begin to sprout from the bottom of their hearts, and the influence would gradually show itself in this silent moment.

When they themselves realized that they had always been afraid of Liverpool, and had to admit it, it was too late! It was like an invisible, transparent net, and when you found yourself trapped in the center, it was already too late.

Liverpool's shadow had covered their hearts.

This was a nightmare they couldn't get rid of, lasting for fifteen years, and it didn't gradually diminish over time. In this last year, its power was still strong.

Hall clenched his fists, cheering for Arsenal from the sidelines. As the coach, he didn't want to give up yet.

He didn't want to prove that his football was wrong, he didn't want to be told that Arsenal's championship last season was not a victory for Arsenal's football style, but that they had stumbled upon it by sheer luck, encountering Chen Hero being suspended...

Even if it was a desperate struggle, they still had to struggle a bit.

But when the news came in the thirteenth minute that Liverpool had scored another goal, his fists loosened.

He knew that he could no longer stop Arsenal's collapse!