Chapter 4 Big Update! Where are the votes?!

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When Chen Hero used a turn to break through Richards and then entered the penalty area, everyone thought Chen Hero would cross the ball, after all, the angle was too small.

But who would have thought that Chen Hero was very confident and directly kicked a shot, the football flying into the goal above the unprepared goalkeeper Joe Hart!

No one reacted, because the goal came too fast and too suddenly. When Chen Hero broke in, not many people thought he would score. At that time, Joe Hart quickly blocked the near corner, the angle was very small, normal people would choose to pass the ball, right?

But Chen Hero wasn't normal.

He shot directly with force.

Joe Hart reacted half a beat slower—obviously he didn't expect Chen Hero to shoot directly from this position, although he blocked the near corner, it was just a formality, he was actually more vigilant about Suarez and Gerrard in the middle.

Who would have thought that just as he glanced at the receiving players out of the corner of his eye, Chen Hero shot, so his reaction was a little slow, and when he stretched out his hand to wave upward to hit the ball, the football was already behind the back of his head.

He could only watch the football fly into the goal, and then his body leaned back and he fell to the ground.

His eyes were still looking at the football behind his head.

He conceded a goal?!

He couldn't believe it.

But that was the reality.

Soon the Etihad Stadium was filled with cheers from Liverpool fans, only two thousand people, but their cheers were quite loud.

However, it was precisely because the Manchester City fans hadn't reacted that the Liverpool fans had a chance, the Manchester City fans were all silent now.

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"Oh...oh! Oh! Oh oh oh oh!! Goal! Goal!! Hero! Hero! Liverpool scored only nine minutes into the game! Hero scored the first goal for the team!"

"Hero's beautiful shot! A powerful shot from a small angle! Joe Hart was knocked down like he was hit by a bullet!"

"Before the game, Hero was the target of public criticism in Manchester City, a public enemy, now he's proven with a goal that the Manchester City fans didn't hate the wrong person!"

After scoring, Chen Hero didn't celebrate, but ran directly to the goal and picked up the football in front of the stunned Manchester City players. He ran all the way to the center circle with the ball in his arms.

This scene stunned his teammates who wanted to come up and celebrate with him—the game had only started for nine minutes, it wasn't like there were only nine minutes left, what was Hero doing in such a hurry?

Chen Hero just waved his fist at them as a sign of celebration, and then ran all the way to the center circle, pressed the football on the center spot, and gestured to the Manchester City players with a hook of his finger, pointing to the football under his feet, the meaning was—you guys hurry up and kick off! I can't wait!

Suarez came up and stood next to Chen Hero, he asked strangely: "Why are you in such a hurry, Hero? The game has just started."

"Well, I'm afraid there won't be enough time, Luis." Chen Hero explained, and the two of them turned and walked out of the center circle.

"Not enough time? The game has only started for nine minutes!" Suarez was confused, what was Chen Hero talking about? Eighty-one minutes was called "not enough time"?

"My goal is to score five goals in this game, Luis." Chen Hero said calmly, but startled Suarez.

"Five goals? Are you crazy?"

"What's so crazy about that..." Chen Hero shrugged.

But Suarez quickly reacted, Manchester City was so deceiving, no wonder Chen Hero wanted to score so many goals, obviously he wanted to humiliate Manchester City severely.

"Okay, is there anything you need me to help with, Hero?"

Chen Hero patted him on the shoulder: "Everything as usual, Luis!"

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Liverpool scored so quickly, but there was no large-scale celebration. Chen Hero helped Manchester City place the football in the center circle, allowing them to kick off. This made many people feel puzzled, but it just coincided with the thoughts of the Manchester City players. With eighty-one minutes left, conceding a goal so early can be a bad thing or a good thing, it depends on how you treat it. Optimists feel they have eighty-one minutes to equalize and then overtake, pessimists feel they've been dealt a head blow and are at a loss.

Playing at home, Manchester City has strong confidence, so they are still optimistic.

There are eighty-one minutes left, enough for us to equalize and then overtake!

Since you're so generous in letting us kick off early, then we won't be polite!

Manchester City players quickly recovered from the frustration of losing the ball and returned to their positions to prepare for the kick-off.

And at this time, only one minute had passed since Chen Hero's goal...

Many people's excitement hadn't passed yet. For example, on the Liverpool bench and in the coaching area, the coaches and players stood up to celebrate the goal.

The only exception was Martin O'Neill, who seemed particularly calm in a crowd of people raising their arms and shouting. He sat in his seat with his arms crossed, not even lifting his butt.

Because he had known for a long time that Chen Hero would score, even score early.

Regarding Chen Hero's goal, he didn't doubt it at all now, he just wanted to see if Chen Hero could really score five goals in this game.

This was the biggest suspense of the game!

Those media were still talking about the odds of Liverpool and Manchester City winning before the game, this was simply meaningless in front of a Chen Hero who was single-mindedly trying to score five goals!

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Richards was very unhappy, because the goal was lost from his side, it was he who allowed Chen Hero to turn around easily and then break into the penalty area and score.

After the game, everyone would analyze that Richards performed poorly, failed to defend Chen Hero, and allowed Chen Hero to score.

In fact, without waiting for the end of the game, some of his teammates were already criticizing his defense.

"Micah! Don't give him a chance to face away from you again, his back-to-goal skills are very good!" As a central defender who had competed with Chen Hero twice last season, Kompany reminded Richards as an experienced player. Last season, also at the Etihad Stadium, Kompany became a pillar and was passed by Chen Hero with the same turn, and then the football was scored into Joe Hart's goal.

So Kompany was very clear about the power of Chen Hero's turn.

Richards nodded, but his face was not good.

He stared at Chen Hero in the opponent's half, his fists clenched tightly.

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After the game restarted, Chen Hero was still active on the left side, forming a triangular area with Adam Johnson and Suarez, the three of them could carry out many kinds of cooperation.

However, the football would eventually fall to Chen Hero's feet, creating enough opportunities for him to challenge Richards one-on-one.

The Liverpool players weren't stupid either, they all saw why Chen Hero went to the left side, because the defender on the left side was Richards. Judging from the feud between Chen Hero and Richards and Chen Hero's character, it was almost impossible for him not to make trouble for Richards in this game.

Since Chen Hero wanted to challenge Richards one-on-one, and could win—the goal just now was proof—then why shouldn't we help him?

So Chen Hero always had a chance to make trouble for Richards.

However, he also noticed that Richards didn't easily give him a chance to turn around now. If he had his back to him, he would keep a relatively long distance from him, so his ultimate move, the close-fitting turn, couldn't be done, because there wasn't a "pillar" behind him that he could rely on.

Not giving me a chance to turn around?

Chen Hero quickly realized why Richards was doing this.

Hey, if you don't give me a chance to turn around, you've defended me?

Daydreaming!

Chen Hero sneered in his heart.

Grandpa will open your eyes today!

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When Liverpool attacked, a scene always appeared that made many people feel uncomfortable—Suarez was in the center, but Chen Hero was pulled to the wing, and very close to the sideline.

Suarez didn't rush to the front either, not like Chen Hero who was at the very front, firmly suppressing Manchester City's defense.

Now it seemed that Liverpool was more like a "strikerless formation."

Since Suarez couldn't put enough pressure on Manchester City's defense and couldn't pin them down, Manchester City's defense could collectively press forward and use the offside trap tactic.

In this way, there was naturally a lot of space behind them. However, this was an offside trap, if you dared to go over, you would most likely fall into it.

At least if Liverpool continued their style of finding Chen Hero at the front with the ball, it would definitely be offside.

Therefore, Chen Hero retreated a little, it looked like he wasn't a center forward, but a winger.

When Liverpool attacked, Chen Hero received the ball near the center line and then dribbled forward himself.

This scene made many people feel fresh—this was definitely a rare sight! Chen Hero rarely dribbled the ball for long distances, let alone dribbling long distances on the wing.

"Hero is dribbling the ball?"

Commentators would feel surprised when they saw this scene. Then they made their own interpretation based on experience.

"It seems that Liverpool's attack has encountered trouble, to the extent that Chen Hero needs to retreat so deep to receive the ball, and then dribble forward himself... It seems that Manchester City's offside trap tactic has worked!"

They thought that Chen Hero starting to dribble the ball was a sign that Liverpool's attack wasn't working, and soon Manchester City could reverse the trend and launch a fierce attack.

Because the defense line pressed forward to create offsides, it was easier to press forward to provide support for the attack, this was the reason why many commentators believed that Manchester City was about to sound the counter-attack horn.

In fact, this was the case, the Manchester City players had already begun to prepare for a counter-attack, creating offsides was just the first step.

Mancini gave instructions on the sidelines, and they obeyed.

If it could be compared, Manchester City's trumpeter had put the charge horn to his lips, just a breath away, and was about to blow it. As long as it was blown, the Manchester City players would be like fierce tigers descending the mountain, following the charge horn to launch a charge, unstoppable!

But at this moment, someone came up and blocked the horn!

Manchester City's trumpeter took a deep breath, but didn't make a sound, instead, he turned red and his forehead veins bulged!