Chapter 1 Anfield's Roar

When Chen Hero flashed into the open space, and Sanchez very cleverly sent the football over, Anfield had already erupted in huge cheers. The Liverpool fans who had watched Chen Hero play for a season knew very well that Chen Hero would not let go of such an opportunity.

As expected, after receiving the ball, Chen Hero turned around beautifully to adjust, and then swung his foot to shoot. The whole process was completed in one go, without any delay.

It fully demonstrated Chen Hero's increasingly superb foot skills. He looked more like a comprehensive center forward, rather than a clumsy big man who only knew how to use his head and body to collide head-on.

The cheers from the stands suddenly increased by a whole level.

The momentum seemed to lift the roof of Anfield.

After scoring, Chen Hero pointed with both fingers at Sanchez, who assisted him, signaling Sanchez to come and celebrate the goal. When Sanchez ran over, he suddenly turned around and let the other party jump on his back. Then he carried Sanchez to the sidelines, to the bottom of the stands, and celebrated the goal with the Liverpool fans.

The other teammates also rushed up and surrounded the two.

Martin O'Neill breathed a sigh of relief in the cheers. To be honest, it had little to do with him, the head coach, if this game could be won, but it would be good as long as they could win. Looking at it this way, Chen Hero was really loyal! Rescuing himself from the dire straits...

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"Hero! Wonderful! His goal opened the scoring for Liverpool, and it is also his first league goal of the season!"

In China, the Premier League this season is still subcontracted by Cspn to local TV stations for broadcasting. However, with the Internet so developed now, you can watch games from any local TV station online. Many fans stay in front of their computers on match days to watch Liverpool's games and cheer for Chen Hero.

When Chen Hero scored his first goal of the season for Liverpool, they jumped up from their seats and cheered.

The Chinese Super League is becoming more and more popular, and Chen Hero's performance is as stable as ever. Is there really hope for the future of Chinese football? Many Chinese fans have such doubts in their hearts, but many people dare not say it, for fear of being laughed at by others...

There is only one thing that will not make them the object of ridicule, and that is to cheer for Chen Hero.

"Hero is too fierce! Hero is mighty!"

"Although I still don't understand why Hero doesn't use his head to score goals anymore, but looking at his goal, I think even if he doesn't use his head, Hero is still the most awesome center forward! The timing and position of this run are just right! And this last shot is even more straightforward, a top shooter's style!"

"It can be seen from Liverpool's signings this season that Sanchez is aimed at Chen Hero. I said before that they would definitely form a partnership. With Sanchez's help, Hero will be able to score more goals. Now it seems I was right!"

"Da Xiong v587!! Love Da Xiong to death!"

As the most popular social tool on the Chinese Internet, Weibo naturally has no shortage of discussions about Chen Hero. Just after Chen Hero scored, there were many messages on Weibo cheering for Chen Hero and praising him.

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West Ham United were not discouraged by Chen Hero's goal. After all, this result was within their expectations. They wanted to beat Liverpool away from home, but they were not arrogant enough to think that being behind Liverpool away from home was a great thing. This was normal.

Therefore, they prepared many detailed plans. This included what to do if they fell behind within half an hour of the start of the game. The team will not immediately shrink their defense, but will continue to counterattack for a while. It would be better if they could equalize the score as soon as possible. If not, as the end of the first half approaches, they will give up the counterattack and defend until halftime. As long as they are only one goal behind in the first half, everything is easy to talk about, and they can look for opportunities to counterattack in the second half.

West Ham United had studied carefully. They knew that the home advantage of Anfield was almost gone for Liverpool. This glorious stadium was no longer the hell stadium for away teams. Many teams came here and were not intimidated by the sentence "This is Anfield" above the player tunnel. They still play as they should.

When Shankly erected this sign, it was to tell the away team how different this stadium was, and how great the team they were facing in this stadium was.

It's a pity that these things have been washed away by wind and rain, and Liverpool is no longer as brave as they used to be. "This is Anfield" has no deterrent effect at all.

Although Liverpool did not lose many games at home last season, only losing two, they drew as many as seven. For Liverpool, such home results can be described as terrible.

West Ham United dared to plot against Liverpool at Anfield precisely because they knew this—a victory if they were lucky, and a draw if they were unlucky. Anyway, Liverpool drew more games at home.

Since last season's promoted team, Queens Park Rangers, were able to beat Liverpool here, why couldn't West Ham United, who have a deeper foundation than them?

West Ham United were not flustered after falling behind and continued to adhere to their defensive counterattack strategy.

This scene attracted praise from many commentators, who believed that although West Ham United were a promoted team, they had only been relegated for one year. The style of a Premier League team was still there. They could hold steady at critical moments, unlike some promoted teams, who panicked and didn't know what to do once they fell behind at the home of a giant like Liverpool.

West Ham United were obviously well prepared. No wonder they were able to force Liverpool to mess up their formation after the start of the game. This was not luck. If Chen Hero and Sanchez hadn't used their personal abilities to help the team score a goal, the situation of the game would have gradually slid to West Ham United's side. It was not impossible for Liverpool to suffer a home defeat in the first game of the new season.

But all their wishful thinking ended in the forty-first minute of the first half.

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In the fortieth minute of the first half, Liverpool won a free kick about thirty-two meters from the goal, slightly off to one side.

Chen Hero ran over. He is now the well-deserved free-kick taker. Gerrard doesn't compete with Chen Hero anymore. After frequent injuries last season, Gerrard fully realized his old age. Liverpool's future can really only rely on Chen Hero. Therefore, he has been sacrificing himself in various ways to help Chen Hero. He just hopes to make Chen Hero, the captain, more and more prestigious, and eventually become the person who leads Liverpool forward.

For this reason, he doesn't even bother to compete with Chen Hero for the small free-kick taking right.

He doesn't compete with Chen Hero, but Chen Hero still has to keep Gerrard, the captain, in mind, so he asked Gerrard if he wanted to take the free kick. Chen Hero's intention was this—if Gerrard wanted to take the free kick, then he would let him. Anyway, he had already scored a goal, and he was not so desperate for goals. Letting Gerrard take it would also improve his relationship with Gerrard. But if Gerrard wanted to give him the opportunity, he wouldn't decline. Who would think they have too many goals?

So Chen Hero asked Gerrard. Gerrard neither shook his head nor nodded. Such actions were too conspicuous and easily noticed. He just leaned close to Chen Hero and said to him in a low voice, "You take it, I'll cover you."

What a good person!

Chen Hero sighed in his heart.

Liverpool's captain is able to be liked and supported by so many people for a reason. Originally, after Gerrard's comeback, the team's number one star should have been Gerrard, but Gerrard was willing to sacrifice himself and make a wedding dress for others. This made Chen Hero feel that Gerrard was very remarkable. Last season, Gerrard was always absent due to injuries, and he didn't spend much time training with the team. Most of the time, he was alone in the gym and a corner of the training ground, training alone with a specialist. Therefore, Chen Hero didn't actually know much about Gerrard. The good relationship between the two was more of a "mutual appreciation of heroes" between the two most famous stars—Chen Hero knew that Gerrard was the number one figure in the team, and he didn't need to go against such a person. Gerrard was also clear about Chen Hero's status, a person who was on brotherly terms with the club owner and general manager, and he also had real skills, so he didn't need to run to Chen Hero and show his captain's authority. Therefore, the relationship between the two was very harmonious from the beginning, but it was not the kind of harmony between Chen Hero and Suarez. There was always a layer of something between them, not intimate enough.

Now, such a simple sentence made Chen Hero's goodwill towards Gerrard greatly increase. He immediately felt that Gerrard was a person worth getting along with, a person who could be a friend. At least he wouldn't be like a certain team's captain, who, if you were friends with him, he would still be thinking about your wife... To be honest, if Chen Hero encountered that kind of thing, he wouldn't care about the captain's popularity, he would beat him up first.

Now Gerrard is standing next to him to cover him, but only the two of them know about this kind of cover. Others don't know who is going to take the free kick.

In fact, when Chen Hero and Gerrard are both standing in front of the football, it is quite deceptive. Gerrard has good free-kick skills, and Chen Hero doesn't need to be mentioned. Last season, he completed a brace with a free kick in the away game against Newcastle, and the whole of England knew that he was a player who was good at free kicks.

For this reason, West Ham United's wall and goalkeeper really couldn't guess who would take the free kick.

Logically speaking, Chen Hero now has very good free-kick skills, so he should take it. But Gerrard is not Charlie Adam. Chen Hero dared to snatch the free-kick taking right from Charlie Adam, but he might not dare to snatch it from Gerrard...

After the referee blew his whistle, Gerrard leaned forward, making a gesture of running up. Just when everyone thought he was going to take the free kick, Chen Hero roared past him and then kicked the football hard!

With a muffled bang, it was very clear in the slightly quiet Anfield.

With this muffled bang, the football flew high, over the wall, and then plunged straight into the near corner of the goal!

Needless to say, what the football looked like in the eyes of the West Ham United goalkeeper.

Anyway, the goalkeeper couldn't save it, the football suddenly fell, and then flew into the goal, grazing the post!