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When Dalglish looked at Chen Hero, he was shaking hands with the opposing players on the field.

The Premier League is different from Serie A; their final round of matches kicks off simultaneously. However, the second to last round is still every team for themselves.

This time, Liverpool's match was being played before Arsenal's.

Chen Hero had an opportunity to surpass him and put the pressure on Van Persie.

If he scored two or more goals in this match, and Van Persie could only score one, he would have a psychological advantage.

While shaking hands, he was constantly thinking about how to overtake Van Persie. He didn't pay any attention to who he was shaking hands with. He just kept his head down and shook hands all the way down the line.

He didn't care who the people across from him were, but someone on the other side cared very much about him.

This was Torres's first return to Anfield after transferring to Chelsea. Although the two sides had played against each other many times before, they had all been at Chelsea's home ground.

Since transferring to Chelsea, Torres seemed to have bad luck. He suddenly lost his shooting touch in matches. Eventually, it became a vicious cycle—the more he didn't score, the less confident he became, and the less confident he became, the more he didn't score.

In the end, he didn't score for twenty-four hours of game time, and some media joked that they would call twenty-four hours "one Torres," using Torres's surname as the unit.

Fortunately, Torres ended his twenty-four-hour goal drought soon after, scoring twice in a match.

But this did not change his situation, because those two goals were his only goals of the season so far.

Torres was only able to start this match thanks to injuries—injuries that had felled Drogba and Sturridge one after another.

Otherwise, Torres would definitely not have had the opportunity to start.

But Torres found it insulting that he was back in the starting lineup because of this reason.

Many fans in the stands still couldn't forgive Torres for abandoning Liverpool and transferring to Chelsea. Torres transferred to Chelsea to pursue championships, but as soon as he left, Liverpool won the League Cup. On the other hand, Torres had achieved nothing at Chelsea. Not only that, but he couldn't even score goals anymore.

All of England was mocking Torres. There was a British website called "The British Broadsheet of Unpleasant Jokes," which had a very heavy taste and mainly focused on racial issues, sexism, and mocking public figures. As the number one sport in Britain, football naturally accounted for a large proportion of these jokes. Previously, the most popular jokes were about Heskey.

For example, there was this joke: Heskey tells the coach: "Hey boss, I finally thought of a way to strengthen our team!" The coach nods: "Okay, remember to fill out the transfer application according to the format, and be quick about it!"

There was also this joke: The Football Association announced that Heskey tried to overdose and commit suicide. The spokesperson said that Heskey's condition was currently stable, because only one pill actually made it into his mouth.

These jokes all mocked Heskey's inability to score goals.

This season, due to the strong rise of Torres, Heskey had to give way. Now the protagonist of these jokes had become Fernando Torres—

Two giant pandas sent from China to Edinburgh, "Sunshine" and "Sweetie," now have new names. They came from abroad, are expensive, and sit there doing nothing—so their new names are "Fernando" and "Torres."

My son wanted a Christmas present, but I couldn't afford it. So I had to buy a blank DVD and write "Torres's Goals Highlights of the Year" on the packaging.

Torres said in an interview: "I never practice how to celebrate goals." - That's right, I never practice my prime ministerial campaign speech either.

Chelsea led Wolverhampton 3-0 at halftime. Villas-Boas made adjustments to the defense and they were very effective. The match ended 3-0 - the person he brought on was Torres.

Chen Hero's previous racial discrimination incident with Richards also landed him on many British Broadsheet of Unpleasant Jokes, and there were naturally many related to Torres. For example, this one:

Chen Hero has been complained about again for "using discriminatory language." He allegedly referred to Torres as "a scorer"...

In short, in the British internet and among fans, Fernando Torres had been thoroughly roasted...

Many Liverpool fans were very happy and gloating about Torres's current situation. They may have even contributed many of these tasteless jokes. When Torres came out, the stadium announcer introduced his name, and a huge boo rang out from the stands. This was the resentment of Liverpool fans, and it would not be easy to dissipate.

Of course, not all Liverpool fans resented Torres. Some Liverpool fans still missed Torres. Seeing how miserable Torres was at Chelsea, they were filled with sympathy and wanted Torres to return to Anfield. They believed that Torres would definitely be able to regain his glory at Liverpool. As for how Torres would cooperate with Chen Hero, they didn't care.

So this time, there were still some banners in the stands cheering for Torres, which were in stark contrast to those cursing Torres.

It was also a sight to behold. But I believe that for Torres, this scene was definitely not beautiful.

While shaking hands with the Liverpool players, he noticed Chen Hero.

This person was wearing the number he used to wear, and in less than a season since coming to Liverpool, he had won the love of Liverpool fans and the support of the media with his crazy goals.

This reminded him of his first season after transferring from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool, which was also so crazy.

But in the end, he was defeated by the cruel reality. No matter how hard he tried to score goals, Liverpool could not win the championship. At one point, even participating in the Champions League became a luxury.

This was unacceptable for Torres. Why did he leave Atletico Madrid, the team he had played for since childhood? Wasn't it to go to a wider world? The Champions League was the stage he had dreamed of.

So no matter how much the Liverpool fans loved him, he resolutely chose to transfer. It was all to pursue his future.

On this point, he never felt that he had done anything wrong.

Seeing that Chen Hero was now walking the path he had once walked, he wondered if he would still be able to stay on this team in a season or two.

Liverpool cannot be changed by you scoring goals alone. I have already proven this with my actions.

Chen Hero didn't know what Torres was thinking when he shook his hand. He wasn't focused on the handshake at all. The handshake was just a formality, and didn't represent real respect for the opponent... Chen Hero's "respect" was to go all out to defeat the opponent—and his opponents must have preferred that he didn't respect them...

After shaking hands with his opponents, Chen Hero returned to his team. The match was about to begin.

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Amidst the huge noise of the fans, the referee blew the whistle to start the match.

Because both sides wanted to fight for victory, the match went straight to the point from the beginning, without any mutual probing or adjusting to the state.

Torres was also full of fighting spirit. He had many reasons to be full of fighting spirit, and this was one of them—he didn't want to be laughed at for his poor performance after returning to Anfield. You know, he used to receive cheers here.

He didn't want the Liverpool fans to see his ugly side.

It's like a person who pretends to be very successful when they go home, no matter how miserable they are outside.

This match was also considered by the media to be a contest between Liverpool's current number nine and the former number nine. The previous times the two teams had played against each other, Torres had been on the bench, so the two had not had a real direct confrontation.

The first to attack was Chen Hero.

Fifteen minutes into the match, Liverpool scored a goal, and the scorer was Chen Hero!

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"Hero! Hero! What a beautiful goal! He scored again! The suspense only lasted for fifteen minutes before he scored! He has now surpassed Van Persie by one goal in the scoring charts! For the first time this season, he has taken the lead and sits at the top of the scoring chart!" The local Liverpool commentator was very excited.

The commentators from various Chinese local stations were also very excited: "Hero scored again! This is his thirty-fifth goal of the season! At this moment, he has surpassed Andy Cole and Alan Shearer! He has become the player with the most goals in a single season in Premier League history!"

"Hero seems to have appeared in the world of football specifically to break records! In Serie A, he broke the Serie A single-season goal record. Now he has just arrived in the Premier League for his first season, and he has already broken the original single-season goal record of thirty-four goals!"

"Amazing Hero! Amazing! He is too good at scoring goals! This is a genius whose goal-scoring ability alone is enough to make even Messi willingly admit defeat!"

"He received a pass from Suarez in the penalty area, used his strong body to squeeze John Terry behind him, and then swept the ball into the goal! Scoring goals is that simple for him!"

"Cech seemed very dissatisfied with the goal, but what can he do? Facing Hero, this is the only result!"

All the commentators were cheering for Chen Hero's goal.

After scoring the goal, Chen Hero vigorously pounded his chest and waved to the Liverpool fans in the stands.

The Liverpool fans in Anfield let out a huge cheer.

They shouted Chen Hero's name loudly: "Hero! Hero! He-ro!!"

Their shouts were deafening and resounded throughout the stadium.

Standing in the center circle waiting to kick off, Torres put his hands on his hips and looked up at the Red Army fans who were jumping up from their seats and raising their arms in cheers.

He had often seen this scene before, when he scored goals...

Did he really never regret leaving here?