Chapter 1267 December 30th

"December 30th, Chen Hero finally caught up with the last game of the year!"

On the television, the commentator was excitedly introducing today's players to the audience. Liverpool's starting lineup was largely unchanged, with the only difference, or rather the most anticipated change, being Chen Hero's return to the starting lineup after a six-game suspension.

In the first game of the 19th round of the league, Liverpool faced Newcastle United at home.

Chen Hero entered Anfield Stadium with his teammates, and a huge cheer erupted from the stands. Liverpool fans gave their cheers to Chen Hero, welcoming their hero back.

In the six games without Chen Hero, Liverpool had only won two games, with the remaining four games resulting in one draw and three losses, a rather poor record.

This made the fans miss Chen Hero very much. They felt that with Chen Hero, things wouldn't be so bad. After all, all the lost games were lost by only one goal, with scores of either 0-1 or 1-2. The only drawn game ended with neither side scoring.

What did this mean? It meant that Liverpool's attacking power was truly weak. If they could score a few more goals, perhaps these defeats and draws could be avoided.

Now that Chen Hero was back, the team's attacking power should be guaranteed.

Everyone was waiting for a resounding victory at home!

It had been a long time since they had enjoyed such a feeling.

The last time they won was away, when Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0.

As soon as Chen Hero appeared, the television cameras focused on him, giving him close-up shots.

The commentator also kept saying, "Hero is back. He has returned to his own battlefield. He has experienced many things during these six games of suspension, but now they are all in the past. The football field is his best stage! Liverpool fans are eagerly waiting for the game to begin!"

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In this game, due to Suarez's injury, Kuyt partnered with Chen Hero on the front line.

When Chen Hero was off the field, Kuyt played in Chen Hero's position. When he first debuted, he was considered a center forward, but after coming to Liverpool, Benitez converted him into a winger. Coupled with his good stamina, he was often asked to defend in the frontcourt. He often looked less like a forward responsible for scoring goals and more like a defensive midfielder...

Therefore, his form was unstable in the few games he replaced Chen Hero, and he didn't score many goals. Everyone also realized that Chen Hero was truly an irreplaceable figure in the current Liverpool team.

Now that Chen Hero was back, although Kuyt was still in the starting lineup, he posed no threat to Chen Hero.

His main task was to assist Chen Hero, while actively pressing in the frontcourt to provide more attacking opportunities for the team.

In addition, due to Gerrard's injury, Bellamy was given the left winger position.

Adam Johnson was on the right wing.

Chen Hero stood in the center circle, ready to kick off. He saw Johnson and suddenly thought of the mission reward. Even if there was only a 10% chance of success, that was better than 0%, right?

He gave Johnson a thumbs up.

Johnson also saw him, and seeing his gesture, he returned a thumbs up.

He didn't know that he had gotten the chance to play because Chen Hero had pleaded with Dalglish. Chen Hero hadn't mentioned this to him, and he wondered why Dalglish had suddenly changed his mind. Maybe because he was about to leave anyway, he gave himself this opportunity based on the principle of "a dying man's words are good"?

But no matter what, it was good to get a chance to play!

With a whistle from the referee, Chen Hero kicked the football out, and then he rushed towards Newcastle United's goal without looking back.

A huge cheer erupted from Anfield Stadium.

"The game has begun!"

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Even before the start of this game, Chen Hero was already the focus of everyone's discussion, because he was currently Liverpool's most influential star and the only solution to Liverpool's lack of attacking power. Everyone was speculating about what kind of performance Chen Hero would have after being unbanned and returning. Would not playing for six games, for as long as a month, have a negative impact on his form?

Everyone hoped to find the answers to these questions in the game against Newcastle.

Liverpool scored first, but they weren't the ones taking the lead, because they scored another own goal...

This time it was Agger who scored the own goal in the twenty-fifth minute, giving the visiting team Newcastle the lead!

Newcastle's players were celebrating, while Liverpool's players looked confused, seemingly unable to believe this scene. Many people thought of the last league game, when Carragher's own goal in the final moments led to the team losing to Blackburn at home.

"That's really unlucky! Liverpool is really unlucky! They scored another own goal! Is the nightmare of the last league game going to be repeated?"

"It seems that God has really abandoned Liverpool, and luck is no longer on Liverpool's side... It is extremely rare to suffer own goal blows in consecutive rounds in the Premier League!"

"In the words of us Chinese, it's really raining on a leaky house... Consecutive own goals aren't they like continuous rain?"

Anfield Stadium also fell silent, with only the visiting fans who had followed Newcastle to the game cheering. Their cheers sounded particularly harsh in this quiet stadium.

"Oh! Damn it!" When Agger scored the own goal, the old Liverpool commentator couldn't help but hold his head and curse. "We must be cursed! Otherwise, how could we score own goals in two consecutive rounds? This is not scientific at all! This is not just a coincidence!"

Everyone cast a shadow over Liverpool's next game.

Because everyone knew that the current Liverpool team was really fragile, and they were exhausted by all kinds of bad situations. Any blow that seemed insignificant at ordinary times might lead to their complete collapse.

When Dalglish first came to the team, the first thing he did was to re-establish Liverpool's spirit. This spirit helped the team successfully avoid relegation in that half season. But in this season, everyone began to get used to Dalglish's methods, and as Dalglish's coaching performance fluctuated and lacked persuasiveness, Liverpool's spirit once again drifted away from them.

This team no longer had the ability to gain victory and confidence in adversity.

Every time they fell behind, it would make people feel desperate. Even if they were leading, as long as they weren't leading by three goals, it would make people feel nervous and unable to feel at ease.

In short, this Liverpool team could not bring their supporters even the slightest sense of security.

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But four minutes later, many people changed this pessimistic view. They began to feel that perhaps Agger's own goal was just to make Chen Hero's comeback drama look more ups and downs and fascinating. If they hadn't fallen behind in the first place, if it hadn't been because of an own goal, perhaps the subsequent climax wouldn't have been so exciting...

The entire Anfield Stadium was shaking, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Everyone stood up from their seats, waving their arms and stomping their feet.

They were shouting a person's name: "Hero—!!!"

"goooooooooooAL!!! Beautiful! Hero! Hero! He equalized the score for the team! He scored just four minutes after the goal! It's really timely! Newcastle didn't even have time to savor the joy of taking the lead!"

"Hero's抢点 (qiang dian - seizing the point) in front of the goal was very beautiful! He keenly noticed the gap, and he scored the equalizing goal with Bellamy's pass!"

After scoring the goal, Chen Hero raised his right hand high, clenched his fist, and ran towards the bench on the sidelines.

The old Liverpool commentator suddenly blinked hard. He thought he was seeing things, because the red flag seemed to be held in Chen Hero's hand, fluttering in the wind as he ran...

He was indeed seeing things. Chen Hero was not holding anything in his hand. He just plunged into the coaching area and gave Dalglish a hug.

He dedicated his first goal after his return to coach Dalglish, expressing his support for him in this way. Of course, he knew that Chen Xing and Niang had their considerations for cleaning up Dalglish, and maybe it was really for the good of the team. However, Dalglish's grievances with them had nothing to do with him. He just felt that Dalglish was a good person and treated him very well, and that was enough.

The other Liverpool players followed Chen Hero back to the coaching area, surrounding Dalglish and hugging both of them.

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"This goal really explains the problem - if Hero is not there, then Liverpool, who scored an own goal, can only helplessly accept the result of failure... like the last game against Blackburn. But what about now? With Chen Hero, Liverpool, who were also scored an own goal, only took four minutes to equalize the score!"

"With Gerrard becoming a glass man and Suarez seriously injured, Chen Hero is Liverpool's savior! Dalglish must make good use of this card. Although this cannot change his ending, it can at least bring a more decent departure..."

After Chen Hero equalized the score for Liverpool, the team's morale was greatly boosted. Newcastle had never had the upper hand since the start of the game. That own goal was really just their good luck.

It seemed that after hearing that Chen Hero was about to return, Newcastle became timid. After all, this beast Chen Hero had been holding back for six games. Not to mention a giant bear, even a宅男 (zhai nan - otaku), if you don't let him masturbate for a month, he will probably go crazy... His fighting power is quite sturdy!

Newcastle chose a very conservative tactic in the away game. The own goal was really a pleasant surprise, but they did not change their tactics because of it. Facts proved that they were right.

Because four minutes later, Chen Hero helped the team equalize the score. After that, Newcastle contracted even tighter.

Until the end of the first half, the score was 1:1. Newcastle's coach Alan Pardew's strategy had worked. They didn't concede another goal in the first half, so there was still a chance in the second half.

If he had become complacent after his team accidentally took the lead due to an own goal, and wanted the team to press out to attack, I'm afraid he would have died miserably in the end, and the current score would definitely be more than 1:1...

Never underestimate a bear that has been locked up for six games and is starving!

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