Now this Arsenal team is playing the kind of football that Arsène Wenger's Arsenal used to play. Their short-range passing is very skilled and full of inspiration. In front of the opponent's penalty area, they will use the cooperation between two or three people to tear open the opponent's defense and then go straight to the heart.

When Arsenal is playing smoothly in this style, their offense is as smooth as flowing water and very beautiful.

However, this tactic also has its own flaws. That is, the defense is not hard enough.

This Arsenal team is blindly pursuing gorgeousness on the offensive end and ignoring the defense.

Or rather, they feel that the whole team should be gorgeous. So if the offense is gorgeous, the defense must also be gorgeous.

A gorgeous defense means a lack of hardness in the defense.

The consequence of a lack of hardness is... when they encounter teams that are equally good at attacking, they will die miserably.

This season, Arsenal was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League in this way.

It's not that Hall is unaware of this problem, but that he has no other way to do it except this.

The current Arsenal is very distorted and deformed. As long as he shows a little bit of attitude towards defense, he will be criticized as "utilitarian" and will be classified as the opposite of those who insist on Arsenal's style. Then, as long as his team's performance has any problems, he and his "emphasis on defense" will become scapegoats.

This season, his team was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, but Arsenal's fans and executives gave him enough tolerance and patience. Especially those fans, they believe that even if they lose the game, this is the Arsenal they want to see. Then they began to fantasize that after one or two more seasons, Arsenal, who insisted on this style of play, would have enough accumulation to sweep Europe.

And if he was a coach who valued defense, then his fate would definitely be different after being eliminated in the Champions League.

This has become a factional struggle.

It's not a football problem anymore.

So even if Hall is aware of this problem, he is unable to change it. He can only pin his hopes on his team being in great shape, having a home advantage, and then defeating Liverpool in a head-to-head battle.

But what is the probability of that?

Anyway, Hall is not very optimistic.

He now has the same thoughts as many other team coaches, that is, no matter how ambitious they are or what plans they have, they will wait until Chen Hero retires before implementing them.

Anyway, they won't have to wait long, Chen Hero will retire soon.

Hall feels that he has really come at a good time. Before him, there were many more qualified coaches who coached Arsenal, but no matter how ambitious they were, they could only helplessly accept Liverpool's monopoly on the championship and leave the Emirates Stadium in disgrace.

Because they didn't come at a good time, they appeared at the wrong time.

He is the opposite example. He admits that his level is not top-notch, but he is coaching Arsenal at a very correct time. He has always had good luck. Last season, he led Arsenal to the league championship, which is the best proof.

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Those Arsenal fans who arrived late were still busy looking for their seats in the stands.

On the TV broadcast, the commentators were announcing the starting lineups of both sides.

On the other side of the earth, some Chinese fans got up a few minutes late and just put on their clothes to turn on the TV.

Just at this moment, a goal appeared!

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"Hero... Hero! Hero—Hero!!!!"

Accompanied by the commentator's shouts, which were louder than the last, Chen Hero headed the football into the goal!

After landing, he opened his arms and began to run towards the stands where Liverpool fans were gathered.

And his teammates excitedly followed behind him.

The Arsenal players on the field and the Arsenal fans in the stands were stunned.

Those Arsenal fans who were facing away from the field looking for seats in the stands turned around and looked at the field in surprise—they didn't understand what had happened yet.

"Beautiful header! It's hard to believe that an old guy who is about to turn forty-one can still jump so high in the air! This is simply against the laws of nature! But Hero is different, he doesn't jump, he flies!"

"Before the game, many people were wondering what this focus showdown would be like... But who would have thought that Liverpool would take the lead just two minutes into the game?"

"Hero scored his thirty-seventh league goal of the season! This is really terrible! Think about what he was doing in the first half of the league season? He didn't play a single game! He only scored thirty-seven goals in twelve rounds... This scoring efficiency is really terrible! What would it be like if he could play a full season?"

Amidst the commentator's cheers, Chen Hero finally ran to the bottom of the stands where Liverpool fans were gathered.

Then he slammed the Liverpool team badge on his chest.

This action drew a collective roar from Liverpool fans.

"Champions! Champions! We want to take back what belongs to us!"

Seeing this scene, one of the commentators sighed: "Arsenal are really lucky. If Hero hadn't been banned for nine months last season, they would definitely not have been able to win the league championship... Now it seems that it's time for them to pay back for last season... Arsenal's fighting spirit and morale are not on the same level as Liverpool's at all..."

Before the game, some people were full of fantasies—mainly Arsenal fans.

But Chen Hero's goal woke Arsenal fans up from their dreams.

Many Arsenal fans sat blankly in their seats, and a sense of despair rose in their hearts again.

They were very familiar with this emotion, because they had experienced it many times in the past ten years.

It came from that invincible Liverpool team and the invincible Chen Hero.

Although Chen Hero will retire next season, he can still make Arsenal fans feel despair today!

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After Chen Hero scored the first goal for the team with a header, Liverpool's offensive did not stop there.

Their offense was even fiercer.

One goal was not enough to satisfy them at all.

Losing the league championship at the last moment last season was a huge blow to them.

That failure made Liverpool players the target of ridicule. Because everyone was laughing at them for being parasites on Chen Hero, only able to support themselves by relying on Chen Hero, and showing their true colors without Chen Hero.

As professional players, who would want to be evaluated like this? They don't deny that they have won many championships that they couldn't have won before because of Chen Hero, but the problem is why can they become Chen Hero's teammates? There are so many professional players in the world, why can only they become members of this championship team?

This shows that they have the strength, they are qualified to be a member of this team, then no one can doubt their ability.

Calling them Chen Hero's parasites is too insulting.

So these Liverpool players are very upset.

They can't directly go to those who are mocking them to cause trouble, but debts have to be paid, and they can put this debt on Arsenal.

If it weren't for Arsenal, how would they be ridiculed?

Under the influence of Chen Hero, the temperament of the Liverpool team and the temperament of Chen Hero have become highly integrated.

That is to be vengeful, and rather be a petty person than a gentleman.

So in this game, Arsenal is destined to face the anger that Liverpool players have accumulated for a year.

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In the twenty minutes after Chen Hero took the lead for the team, Liverpool's fierce offensive never stopped.

Arsenal's players and fans initially waited for Liverpool's wave of attacks to pass, and then they would launch a counterattack and regain the initiative. But who would have thought that after this wave, there would be another wave, and after the next wave, there would be another wave. Just like this, wave after wave, there was no interruption or transition in the middle, as if it would never stop.

Arsenal players in the game felt like every second was a year.

Arsenal fans in the stands were dumbfounded.

The commentators in the commentary box were extremely excited.

They were shouting: "This is Liverpool's most powerful offensive! It's the kind of offensive frenzy that can be suffocating! When they dominated Europe, they relied on this offensive to end the battle after twenty minutes of the game! But as Hero's age increases, we have rarely seen such an attack in recent seasons... I didn't expect that we would be able to see it again before Chen Hero retires!"

Without their introduction, how could the fans not know?

Back then, Liverpool's set of offensives was so famous that even Barcelona, who were known for their offense, were defeated by their combination of offense.

Anyone who pays attention to European football cannot possibly not know about Liverpool's offensive frenzy.

Liverpool mostly uses defensive counterattacks as their main weapon and team style, but they are most famous for their offense.

With Chen Hero, it's hard not to have a good offense.

It's just that with the aging of the commentators and the retirement of Martin O'Neill, this offensive frenzy has gradually disappeared.

I didn't expect that Gerrard would pick it up again and show it to everyone.

Many Arsenal fans, when they saw this scene, they suddenly realized that they might not only lose to Liverpool at this home game, but they would most likely lose to Liverpool in the league championship battle...

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After Chen Hero scored a goal in the first two minutes, the outcome of this game was indeed no longer in doubt.

Twenty minutes later, Liverpool scored again, and their fierce offensive finally completely destroyed Arsenal's defense.

Arsenal fans' proud offensive football, beautiful football, is certainly exquisite, but in front of Liverpool, this boorish barbarian, no matter how beautiful the artwork is, it is just a pile of fragile porcelain.

It was smashed to pieces by Liverpool!

After Carlton Cole scored the second goal for the team, Liverpool's goals came one after another.

In the first half, Liverpool scored four goals.

Another massacre seemed to be close at hand.