After taking a two-goal lead, the game became much easier for Liverpool.

Everton desperately wanted to score a goal, but they had prepared only to defend against Liverpool's attacks, not to penetrate Liverpool's goal…

So when they wanted to attack, they found themselves unable to make the transition quickly, and even when they did, they were not in good shape.

Moyes, watching from the sidelines, was helpless. After his strategy failed, he had no other tricks up his sleeve. It wasn't laziness; he simply couldn't think of anything else to deal with the current situation. Trailing by two goals, attacking was the only option. A desperate gamble might allow them to score two goals in a row, tie the score, and bring the game back on track.

But when it came to attacking power, Moyes lacked confidence in his attacking lineup. Besides, wouldn't attacking openly give Liverpool free rein to attack? Even with a tight defense, Suárez could still break through and assist. If there was even more space, who knew what would happen, especially with Chen Hero lurking in the middle.

Moyes felt a headache just thinking about it.

He stood on the sidelines, staring blankly at the field, unable to come up with any solutions.

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Moyes had a headache, but Dalglish was completely relaxed. After celebrating the goal, he returned to the coach's seat from the sidelines, sat down, opened a bottle of water, and took a sip. Then he smiled at his assistant coach, Sammy Lee, and said, "This is truly the easiest Merseyside derby I've ever experienced."

He had a point, because Everton hadn't shown any threatening attacks from the beginning of the game. So far, they had only three shots, none of which were on target.

This showed how weak Everton's attack was in this game.

With a lackluster attack and a defense that had been breached twice by Hero, Dalglish certainly had the right to say that this game was easy.

The commentators also felt that although only six minutes had passed in the second half, the game had already entered garbage time. This was too boring for a city derby…

"I believe that no one except Liverpool fans wants to see such a game…"

Liverpool fans in the stands at Anfield were overjoyed, while Everton fans were depressed.

This scene confirmed the commentator's words.

However, he was still wrong. Chinese fans wanted to see this scene—the number of Liverpool fans in China was definitely not the highest, but certainly more than Everton fans. When Li Weifeng and Li Tie joined Everton, they didn't add many fans to the team in China…

So the vast majority of Chinese fans didn't care about Everton's fate. As long as Chen Hero could continue to score goals, that was all that mattered. Staying up late to watch this game and seeing Chen Hero's two goals made everyone happy, and they felt it was worth staying up all night.

"Hero is really awesome!"

"With such a player and such a performance, we're willing to stay up all night every day!"

"A brace! Let's have a hat trick! A hat trick!!"

"Ooh ooh ooh! Hero Hero I love you! Like a mouse loves rice!"

Everyone expressed their enthusiastic praise in front of their televisions, on Weibo, and in QQ groups.

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In the rest of the game, Everton did try to attack, but their attacks couldn't penetrate Liverpool's defense. Through balls would make Škrtel and Agger feel uncomfortable. The problem was that Everton's players were now low in morale, while Liverpool's morale was high. Morale could make up for the gap in strength between the two sides, and it could also further widen the existing gap. It all depended on which side the morale was on.

With the help of high morale, Liverpool's defense was rock solid, while Everton's attack seemed disorganized. Although the possession rate was not much different between the two sides, possession rate was not a panacea. It wasn't that the higher the possession rate, the better.

As the game time passed, and when there was less and less time left, the score still didn't change, and Everton's players became more and more anxious.

Some of the players' movements on the field began to increase and become rough.

The referee's whistle began to sound frequently.

And he frequently showed cards to maintain order.

"This is what a derby should be!" The commentator became excited again. With the score no longer in doubt, the only fun was to watch some fiery scenes… In fact, everyone had been waiting for some kind of conflict to break out on the field, preferably with a red card, so as not to disgrace the name of "the derby with the most red cards in the Premier League"!

Seeing that the other side's movements were getting bigger and bigger, Dalglish began to consider substitutions.

Suárez, after recovering from his injury, was the main target for care. It would be a big loss if Everton's players kicked him down again. Now that the victory was certain, why not simply substitute Suárez for a rest?

So Suárez, who had completed an assist, was replaced by Kuyt.

Dalglish once had the idea of ​​substituting Chen Hero early, but he hesitated, thinking that it would be better for Chen Hero to continue on the field. Suárez had already been substituted. If Chen Hero was substituted as well, Liverpool's attack would really not pose any threat to Everton. At that time, Everton, who had recovered, would attack recklessly. If they really managed to score two goals in a row, wouldn't he be wronged?

Thinking like this, he let Chen Hero continue to stay on the field.

He didn't care whether Chen Hero could continue to score goals. As long as he was still on the field, he could form enough deterrence against Everton's defenders, preventing the other party from acting rashly.

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Dalglish left Chen Hero on the field with the intention of continuing to deter the other party. But Chen Hero was thinking about something else.

Since he could stay on the field and wasn't substituted, why not score a few more goals?

Always a brace, always a brace, it's too easy.

The last time he played in the Merseyside derby against Everton, he had already scored a brace.

If it was still a brace this time, wouldn't that mean he hadn't improved at all?

No way! He had to score at least one more goal!

With this in mind, Chen Hero continued to look for goals in the frontcourt.

However, no one knew what Chen Hero was thinking. Everyone thought he was just using this method to help the team's defense and contain Everton's defense.

No one thought he wanted to score a goal.

Everyone said that Chen Hero was a great player, not only able to score two goals, but also willing to contribute to the team's defense without regard for his physical strength. Such a good player was hard to find even with a lantern…

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Chen Hero wasn't doing it for defense, he just wanted to score!

Score goals!

Score again!

Until the eightieth minute, he finally waited for a wonderful opportunity.

Adam Johnson crossed the ball from the wing, and everyone's attention instantly shifted to Chen Hero.

Chen Hero didn't disappoint them, he jumped high!

Heading for the goal in front of Distin!

There was simply no suspense…

When Chen Hero jumped up in front of Distin and heard the football, many Liverpool fans had already raised their arms and jumped up.

And Liverpool's old commentator also shouted, "herooooooooooooooooooooo—gooooooooooooAL!!!" At this time, the football hadn't entered the goal yet…

The football flew into the goal when he shouted "goAL"!

"The ball is in! Hero's hat trick! He did it!"

"This is truly a great moment! Hero is the first player to score a hat trick in the Premier League's Merseyside derby! He is also the first Liverpool player to complete a hat trick in the city derby since Ian Rush, the sixth person in Liverpool's history! This is the first time Liverpool has won a three-goal victory over their city rivals at home since November 1983, and it is also the fourteenth time in history that they have completed a double kill against Everton! Liverpool avoided continuing to lose, and Everton's three-game unbeaten away streak was ended!"

Martin Tyler, the ace commentator in England, instantly listed a large number of statistics to prove how great Chen Hero's hat trick was. People had to admire his professionalism. This was a true football commentator, not a low-level commentator who only relied on spraying saliva to show his passion. In addition to being able to get excited, a commentator also needs a lot of detailed professional knowledge, to be able to use it freely in the game, so that the audience can not only see the wonderful game, but also learn a lot of professional football knowledge, increase their knowledge, and feel happy.

This is the highest level of football commentary.

Martin Tyler has achieved it.

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Amidst the cheers of the commentators, Chen Hero ran to the sidelines after landing. In principle, as long as he scored a goal with a header, he would do a diving landing celebration, which was his signature celebration. But this time he didn't do that.

He didn't run to the corner flag either, but ran to the bottom of the VIP box and threw a kiss at it!

This hat trick was dedicated to his girlfriend, Cabral!

The TV broadcast quickly cut to a shot of a VIP box.

In the picture, Cabral stood up from her seat and waved to Chen Hero below.

She didn't return the kiss, because she wasn't as passionate and proactive in terms of emotions as Chen Hero.

Just getting up and waving to Chen Hero was already a very extroverted expression.

Chen Hero saw Cabral's response, and then he turned around and celebrated the goal with his teammates.

Three goals, a hat trick, and Liverpool leading 3:0 were already worry-free. With ten minutes left in the game, it could be said that Everton was completely out of the game.

In the end, the game ended like this, with Liverpool defeating Everton 3:0 at their home stadium and taking the victory in the second Merseyside derby of the season.

After the game, Chen Hero was selected as the best player of the game, and he held the champagne and accepted interviews in the mixed zone.

A reporter asked him: "You completed a hat trick, why didn't you collect the ball from this game?"

Chen Hero curled his lips and said, "If I collected the ball from every hat trick, I'm afraid I'd have to prepare a warehouse specifically to store footballs!"