ps, such a delightful plot, deserves your vote, right?

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"Hero—heading the ball!!!"

In the commentator's drawn-out roar, the football was struck squarely by Chen Hero's head, passing over Joe Hart's desperate reach, over the goal line, and then crashing into the net!

"Goal—in—!!!"

Liverpool's veteran commentator leapt from his seat, waving his arms wildly, roaring to the sky. In that moment, he seemed at least twenty years younger!

"AHAHAHA!" After the roar, he continued to laugh loudly at the sky. "Didn't you want Hero to equalize the score again?! Your wish is granted!!"

"Simply... unbelievable!! Chen Hero has equalized the score once again! This time Manchester City led for nine minutes... and Chen Hero scored again!"

"Chen Hero's beautiful header! Beautiful! Beautiful!!! He managed to head the ball in despite having completely lost his balance! We can take a look at the slow motion replay later... I think I saw Chen Hero lift himself up as he was falling headfirst... maybe it's just my imagination? Logically speaking, it's almost impossible for a human to do such a thing..."

Soon, the slow motion replay appeared.

Everyone could clearly see that Chen Hero's body had initially tilted downwards due to Kompany's ducking motion. If that momentum had continued, Chen Hero would never have been able to head the ball!

But at that moment, Chen Hero's body suddenly arched upwards! His head also lifted. At that moment, the football arrived, resulting in a powerful header!

"Incredible..."

The commentator, who had previously suggested it might have been his imagination, was shocked by what he saw. The slow motion replay was clear: Chen Hero had indeed made a distinct upward thrusting motion.

Keep in mind that Chen Hero had lost all his balance at the time. His arms were outstretched and waving in the air as he struggled to maintain his balance. His waist was the only part of his body still resting on Kompany's shoulder. He had nothing to leverage against, yet he was still able to lift his body up, rising instead of falling!

This demonstrated the immense strength of his back and abdominal muscles!

"Dragon Raises its Head!" a commentator from a local Chinese television station suddenly exclaimed.

This exclamation was purely a conditioned reflex, but unexpectedly it became a synonym for Chen Hero's super strong back and abdominal muscles...

"This... isn't this Dragon Raises its Head? Hero's movement is like a dragon flying in the air, riding the clouds, soaring into the sky! He's simply not human!"

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Having completed the Dragon Raises its Head, Chen Hero fell headfirst. This time he didn't flail his arms trying to maintain balance and center of gravity, but crashed down solidly...

After seeing the football fly into the goal, the Manchester City players were briefly stunned before raising their arms, indicating that Chen Hero had fouled by pressing down on his opponent during the header. The goal should be disallowed!

But the referee ignored them, blew his whistle, and pointed to the center circle—goal valid!

"That's the correct call! Anyone who nullifies such a goal is a sinner in the history of the Premier League!" Liverpool's veteran commentator even clapped his hands excitedly.

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The Liverpool players were momentarily stunned after seeing Chen Hero score with such a move. Adam Johnson was the first to react. He was already immune to such things... He saw Chen Hero fall heavily and hurried over, intending to help Chen Hero up, but halfway there, Chen Hero leapt to his feet!

As if he hadn't fallen at all... He ran towards the stands where Manchester City fans were gathered, shrugging, spreading his hands, and pursing his lips. Then he raised his arm and performed his signature slap celebration!

You asked for it!

I'm just granting your wishes!

After the slaps, he still roared at the fans, seemingly not satisfied. "Didn't you want me to equalize the score? Why aren't you shouting anymore? Shout! Weren't you shouting happily before? Why are you all mute now? How does it feel? Good? No? Good! No! Good?!"

In the midst of his roaring, the Etihad stands fell silent...

Then Chen Hero was swarmed by excited teammates who patted him on the head, shoulders, and back, praising his goal.

"You shut them all up, ahahahaha! Hero! Well done!"

"Yes, that's how it should be! We have to silence those bastards!"

Other teammates pointed at Chen Hero and shouted at the home fans: "Look! See it clearly! This is what happens when you provoke Hero, remember that! Manchester barbarians!"

When Manchester City fans in the stands shouted at Chen Hero, "If you're so good, equalize again!" these teammates of Chen Hero could not hide the anger in their hearts, because these people seemed to be insulting Chen Hero alone, but in fact they were denying the strength of the entire Liverpool team. They felt that Liverpool was incapable of equalizing, Chen Hero couldn't do it, and even less so the others.

This resentment had been building for nine minutes and was unleashed with Chen Hero's Dragon Raises its Head. Now they would show off to the Manchester City fans, just like Chen Hero.

The Liverpool fans who had travelled with the team were just as happy as they were. Now it was their turn to show their pride.

They shouted: "If you're so good, score another goal! Score another!"

This was a counterattack against the taunts of the Manchester City fans.

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Chen Hero equalized for the team near the end of the first half. His goal was like lighting a powder keg, completely igniting the enthusiasm of the Liverpool fans and the morale of the players.

In the following minutes, Liverpool began to take the initiative, besieging Manchester City.

For a time, Manchester City's goal was in a precarious situation, seemingly in danger of conceding a goal at any moment.

The Manchester City fans seemed to be frightened by Chen Hero's equalizing goal – after Chen Hero headed the ball in, the sounds of "If you're so good, equalize again" disappeared completely. Even when Chen Hero celebrated the goal with such violent gestures, they didn't respond...

During this time, the Manchester City fans were praying, worrying about their team's defense, fearing that they would concede another goal before the end of the first half - given Chen Hero's crazy performance, it wasn't impossible...

So when the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, all the Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had escaped death.

Then they looked at each other, and saw this feeling in each other's eyes.

They then realized - did we act a little unlike home fans just now?

What's going on?

We didn't boo Chen Hero!

Could it be... could it be that we were really intimidated by his aura?

No! That's impossible!

This is our home, our territory! How could we be intimidated by the other team?!

Many people were unwilling to admit that their performance in the past few minutes was because of Chen Hero, because it was just too embarrassing...

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After returning to the locker room, Chen Hero received congratulations from his teammates. Many people praised and encouraged Chen Hero's spirit of facing difficulties head-on and confronting the enemy.

"We just want to make them unhappy! Did you see the expressions on those Manchester City fans just now? They looked like they had seen a ghost in broad daylight! Ahahahaha!"

Everyone was happy when they talked about the Manchester City fans being slapped in the face.

The behavior of the Manchester City fans in the first half was too arrogant, and everyone was upset. Fortunately, Chen Hero helped them vent their anger.

Dalglish was also satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, even though the team had never been in the lead... but to be behind twice and then equalize twice in a row, such tenacity was rare in the current Liverpool team.

He was now increasingly convinced that he was right to make Chen Hero the captain.

While his teammates were congratulating Chen Hero and excitedly discussing the expressions of the Manchester City fans after being slapped in the face, Carragher looked at everyone with a smile.

He was now sure that the reason everyone was so calm and confident was not because Chen Hero had equalized the score, but because his presence filled his teammates with confidence and restored their composure...

Steve really had a better eye for people than himself...

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While the Liverpool players were laughing loudly in the locker room, shamelessly mocking the Manchester City fans, the Manchester City locker room was much quieter.

They had taken the lead twice, but the opponent had equalized twice. They were all speechless.

And the person who scored the goals was Chen Hero, and every time he scored it didn't seem like a good opportunity, not even an opportunity, but he was still able to score. This made the Manchester City players very depressed - they felt they had defended well enough, but Chen Hero could still find opportunities to score.

Was he not from Earth?

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The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly, and the players from both sides took the field again, ready to start the second half.

Along the way, Chen Hero was pulling Adam Johnson, telling him the key to his ability to score in the first half, which was - this was a pass from a friend! I can't let him down!

"You see, Adam. I told you to trust me, I didn't let you down, did I?"

Adam Johnson was now completely convinced, and he would nod in agreement to whatever Chen Hero said.

"That's right, Hero, your performance was too surprising... how did you do those two goals?"

"The belief to never give up!" Chen Hero gave himself a thumbs up, saying it in a particularly shameless manner.

However, Adam Johnson didn't pretend to vomit, he thought that what Hero said was true. If he didn't have the belief to never give up, how could he have scored the goals when it seemed impossible?

He patted Chen Hero on the back: "Haha, luckily you never gave up, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten two assists!"

Chen Hero laughed loudly.

Was it the effect of talent, or was talent actually a quantified version of the spirit of never giving up?

No one knows...