The last ten minutes of the match were uneventful. Manchester City had completely lost their fighting spirit, and Liverpool was quite satisfied with the score. Although there were still five minutes of injury time—because Richards had fouled Chen Hero, causing a chaotic scene and a pause in the game, hence the five minutes—the referee, seeing that both sides had no intention of fighting, blew the final whistle after only one minute of added time.

As soon as the game ended, Manchester City's players lowered their heads and hurried off the field. Staying here any longer would only make them feel uncomfortable…

This match dealt a severe blow to their confidence and morale, and it was unknown when they would recover.

Mancini still had the grace and politeness to shake hands with Martin O'Neill before leaving. What he needed to do now was to comfort his players, tell them that the outcome of one game was not a big deal, and even if Manchester United took the opportunity to catch up, it was not a big deal as long as they did not lose confidence and morale. There was still much to be gained in the remaining half of the season.

But if they lost their confidence and fighting spirit due to this game, then it would be a disaster. Losing streaks were not uncommon. If the team lost confidence, the result would be self-doubt, followed by poor performance and frequent internal conflicts… In the end, these chain reactions would be enough to dismember the entire Manchester City.

Mancini knew very well what the problems were with Manchester City. Too many players in this team came for the money. They had many factions and were not united. If the team performed well, it would be fine. But once the team's performance declined, problems of one kind or another would arise.

And these problems were fatal.

He hurriedly said goodbye and left, as did Chen Hero.

The reporters had originally planned to intercept Chen Hero in the mixed zone, but they did not get to see him—Chen Hero had dashed straight off the field as soon as the game ended.

He was in a hurry and really had no time to play with the reporters here.

The television cameras didn't even capture him. They were focused on the expressions of Mancini and Martin O'Neill. By the time they switched over, Chen Hero had already slipped away.

As the protagonist of this game, not giving an interview left many reporters puzzled.

Martin O'Neill revealed the answer at the post-match press conference, and also told everyone why Chen Hero played like he was on steroids in this game.

"He has to rush back to China to attend his father's fiftieth birthday, so he didn't accept your interviews," O'Neill said. "About two months ago? He told me that he hoped to take two days off after this game to go back to China. You all know how packed the games are during Christmas, so I didn't agree. I told him that if he could score five goals in the game against Manchester City, then I would agree to let him go back home. Actually, I was joking, a subtle way of refusing, but… what was the result, you all saw…"

A group of reporters looked at each other, shocked by O'Neill's revelation—Hero had performed so outstandingly in this game in order to go back home to celebrate his father's birthday. Should they say that Chen Hero was too amazing, or that Manchester City was too unlucky?

Just to celebrate his father's birthday, Manchester City suffered a five-goal massacre. They were more wronged than Dou E!

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In fact, Chen Hero didn't get away, because he was stopped by the anti-doping organization. As the subject of the doping test for this game, he had to undergo a post-match urine test.

There was no escaping this. If Chen Hero dared to run, no matter the reason, he would be banned from competition for at least eight months. If it was more serious, a lifetime ban was possible.

So, despite Chen Hero's impatience, he cooperated with their work.

"Can you guys hurry up? I'm in a hurry!"

"Almost done, Hero," the staff member said to Chen Hero while working.

Finally, under supervision, Chen Hero successfully collected his urine sample, handed it to the staff member, and then quickly left.

Watching Chen Hero's departing figure, one of the staff members shook his head: "I don't know what he's in such a hurry for…"

"He's a big star. Maybe some female celebrity is lying in bed, eagerly waiting for him with her legs open…"

The two imagined the erotic scene and smiled lewdly.

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Chen Hero didn't know what the other party was speculating about him behind his back. After he returned to the locker room, everyone else gradually returned as well.

They were all surprised to see Chen Hero: "Hero, where did you go? Didn't you know? Just now in the mixed zone, everyone was asking me questions about you! You're a sensation now!"

"Yeah, Hero, they even asked me why you were in such good shape in this game. Isn't that obvious? When are you ever not in good shape?"

Chen Hero greeted them and then quickly rushed into the shower room, racing against time to take a shower.

After he finished, he came out and started changing clothes, taking out the clothes from the bag he had brought with him and putting them on one by one.

Then he said goodbye to everyone.

"Hey, guys, see you after the New Year!"

Everyone was stunned—the team didn't have a holiday for the New Year, so why after the New Year? They could see each other tomorrow.

"Where are you going, Hero?" Skrtel asked.

"Back to China!"

Chen Hero's answer shocked everyone in the locker room.

"Back to China? What are you going back to China for?"

"It's my dad's fiftieth birthday, I have to go back."

"So you're not going to train these next few days?"

"Ah, I asked the boss for leave, and he approved it."

Suarez suddenly thought of something: "It wouldn't be on the condition of scoring five goals in this game, would it?"

Chen Hero snapped his fingers: "Bingo! That's exactly it!"

Everyone was speechless.

Taking advantage of the silence, Chen Hero slipped away.

It took a while for everyone to recover from their initial shock.

"Should I feel sorry for Manchester City? If they knew that the reason Hero scored five goals against them was because of this… I really don't know what they would think?"

"Hero is too awesome, even his leave is so domineering, five goals… I can't do that even if I tried!"

"I admire him more and more…"

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When Chen Hero came out of the exit, he contacted Cabral by phone. Cabral had already hailed a taxi and was waiting for him outside the stadium.

As soon as he got into the car, Cabral said to the driver in front: "Airport, thank you."

They were really in a hurry…

Because the plane's departure time was only one and a half hours away from the end of the game. If they encountered any accidents, they might have to return home tomorrow.

It wasn't until they successfully boarded the plane and sat down in their seats that Chen Hero breathed a sigh of relief—he was afraid of encountering any accidents that would prevent him from returning on time.

Cabral smiled when she saw his relieved look: "It seems like your game has only just ended now?"

Chen Hero also smiled.

"Those reporters must be very disappointed that they didn't catch you. Tomorrow the whole of England will be talking about you."

Chen Hero shrugged: "It doesn't matter, I'm tired of being on the front page. What about you? Are you nervous about meeting my parents for the first time?"

Cabral shook her head: "What's there to be nervous about?"

"I'm a little nervous," Chen Hero said.

"Hmm?"

"Taking my girlfriend to meet my parents, this is the first time I've done this in my life."

"Am I your first love?"

"No…" Chen Hero tilted his head. They say first love is unforgettable, but he couldn't remember what his first love was like… Perhaps it was because it wasn't unforgettable at all.

"But better than first love," he nodded.

Cabral smiled.

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The flight time from England to Beijing is about eleven hours. This flight was on time, and by the time Chen Hero and Cabral arrived in Beijing, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon of the thirty-first.

They did not leave the airport, but waited directly for the plane from Beijing to Chengdu. If everything went smoothly, they would be able to get home around eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

This was a very tiring trip, with long flight times and the need to overcome jet lag, but these two were not ordinary people, so they were still quite energetic while waiting for their connecting flight at Beijing Airport.

At this time, the whole world knew that Chen Hero had returned to China with his girlfriend.

Yesterday's game caused a sensation in English football and even affected Europe.

Chen Hero's god-like performance amazed many people, who prostrated themselves in admiration.

In England, the media used a lot of space to describe the game, and the reason why Chen Hero performed so well was naturally the focus of everyone's attention. After O'Neill announced the answer, it shocked many people—in order to return home to attend his father's birthday, Chen Hero did not hesitate to slaughter Manchester City. Manchester City was slaughtered for such a simple reason, it was really too unjust!

In fact, it was true. Mancini spent a lot of time and energy last night to finally improve the team's morale. As a result, after the news reported the reason for Chen Hero's five goals today, he could immediately feel that the players' morale had dropped again during training—how similar was this to the little white rabbit who was slapped for the ridiculous reason of "why don't you wear a hat"…

Being scored five goals by Chen Hero was an insult to Manchester City, but this kind of insult could still remain at the sporting level, and they could still endure it. Now that they found out that the reason for being scored five goals was this, it was an even greater insult, completely unbearable. Because they were not even noticed by Chen Hero! He could score five goals against Manchester City just to return home, so what reason would there be next time?

It was only natural that the morale of the entire Manchester City team was low, not to mention that Richards and Balotelli had a fight in the locker room, which further damaged the team's morale.

Although Manchester City was still second in the league after this game, Mancini could already feel the crisis approaching him and his team.

One game destroyed a team, one person put a team in big trouble… Chen Hero was simply too terrible!

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