Chapter 1 Torres Scores

Torres's goal could be considered a "big deal," and for a time, commentators from various countries expressed their views one after another, even stealing Chen Hero's limelight.

"Torres! Torres! Tor-res! He scored!"

"Chelsea's counterattack, Torres... he gets the ball, dribbles into the penalty area, shoots! Goal!!"

"Torres finally scored! He broke his goal drought!"

"Aha, Torres has scored again, more than a month since his last goal! Not easy at all!"

Many Torres fans were very excited. Their idol scored again, and this time they didn't have to wait twenty-four hours for the goal. Did this mean that Torres's form was improving?

Torres was also very excited after scoring. After celebrating the goal with his teammates, he continued to clench his fists and wave them in the air by himself.

This goal came very timely and was really important to him.

In fact, it was still early for the Spanish national team to announce the European Cup roster. Del Bosque called him in advance, not to officially inform him that he would miss the European Cup, but as a warning and reminder. If he could not change his form, then the European Cup would really have to say goodbye to him.

Now Del Bosque was still hesitating. If he couldn't put up a convincing performance, even Del Bosque couldn't save him.

Now he finally broke the goal drought. Although there were less than two rounds left before the end of the league, it was better late than never. Just before the start of the European Cup, his form came back. How could Del Bosque not consider it?

So he was really excited.

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Chen Hero didn't care whether Torres scored or not. Although some media hyped the duel between the two number nines before the game, he himself was not interested. What did Torres have to do with him? Now Liverpool's number nine was himself, and it was enough that he was more popular with Liverpool fans than Torres.

Torres wasn't even in Liverpool anymore, this kind of duel was like Guan Gong fighting a crowd of heroes. Even if Torres won against him, could Torres threaten his position in Liverpool?

Not to mention that he couldn't threaten him at all.

As for Torres's goal forcing the team to a draw, he didn't care either.

I'll just score another goal, anyway, I want to score.

Chen Hero didn't care about Torres's excited celebration. He stood in the center circle, waiting for the kickoff.

But by the end of the first half, Chen Hero had not been able to score.

The score was still 1:1, a draw.

Chelsea must have been very satisfied with this result.

Because Tottenham Hotspur's game against Aston Villa away from home was also 0:0.

For Chelsea, who had previously conceded a goal, it was indeed a happy thing to find that they were still close behind during the halftime break.

What made the Chelsea people most happy was not that Tottenham was also tied, but that Torres's form had recovered—he scored a goal in the game, which was really not easy. And this goal was not a lucky fluke. Before the goal, everyone could see how hard and desperately Torres worked.

As long as Torres could maintain this form, I believe Chelsea would give Liverpool a big surprise in the second half.

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Chelsea's wishful thinking was going well. Torres also received congratulations from his teammates and praise from the coach during the halftime break. Originally, Mata was the main player in the team's counterattack, but now he was temporarily adjusted to Torres.

Mata had no complaints either. Torres was his compatriot, and there were originally few Spanish players in the Chelsea team, so it was natural to have a good relationship. So he also hoped to see Torres perform well, so what if he sacrificed himself a little?

But what he didn't expect was that at the beginning of the second half, Liverpool gave Chelsea a surprise...

During the halftime break, several captains encouraged the players, asking them to overcome difficulties in this game and must achieve victory. Dalglish's departure must be accompanied by a victory.

So in the second half, Liverpool's fighting spirit was even higher than in the first half.

Only four minutes into it, they got a chance.

In fact, it couldn't be considered a chance, because at first no one thought that this ball could threaten Chelsea's goal.

At that time, Adam Johnson crossed the ball. He passed a high ball. Chen Hero watched the football fly over and couldn't head it, so he simply let the ball pass underneath.

The football flew over his head.

Chelsea defender Terry jumped up and headed the ball out.

But unexpectedly, the flying football landed at Henderson's feet. Henderson swung his foot and took a long shot!

The football bounced and hopped along the ground into the penalty area, and no one stopped it along the way. Just like that, it flew straight towards... Chen Hero!

But when Chen Hero gave up fighting for the header, he felt that this attack had nothing to do with him. Who knew that as soon as he turned around, he saw the football flying towards him!

Skill was like a conditioned reflex.

The results of training the ball control day and night in the dungeon were fully demonstrated at this moment. Before Chen Hero's mind could recover, his body had automatically moved!

Lifting his foot to stop and pull the ball, the originally bouncing and hopping football was honestly pulled to his side. Following that, he switched to his left foot, which he was not good at, and poked it!

The ball control and the shot were very coherent, and the distance was very close. Although Chelsea goalkeeper Cech made a save, it was still a step too late.

The football flew into the goal past him!

"Hero! Hero! Too sudden! He intercepted the ball midway!"

Terry had just headed the ball and rushed forward after landing. Then he saw Chen Hero scoring, so he raised his arm to signal to the referee that Chen Hero was offside.

But the referee ignored him, because there was another Chelsea defender behind Chen Hero... so Chen Hero's goal was not offside.

"Hero's ball control is really beautiful, stopping a bouncing football so steadily, and also using the opportunity of stopping the ball to complete the adjustment, directly shooting with his left foot! If I remember correctly... this is his first left-footed goal this season?"

"Hero has once again completed the lead for Liverpool. This is his thirty-sixth goal of the season! He is already two goals ahead of Van Persie!"

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Arsenal's game started only two hours later than the Liverpool and Chelsea game, so when the Liverpool game was in progress, Arsenal's players were warming up on the field, preparing for the game that would start in a while.

The big screen at Arsenal's home stadium, the Emirates Stadium, was broadcasting the Liverpool and Chelsea game. The outcome of this game had nothing to do with Arsenal. Arsenal was now third in the league. Whether Tottenham got fourth or Chelsea got fourth, it would not affect Arsenal's Champions League spot next season. And unlike the fourth place team that had to play in the qualifiers, they, the third place team, could directly participate in the main competition.

But why was the Emirates Stadium broadcasting the live broadcast of this game before the start of the game?

That was because Chen Hero was competing with Arsenal captain Van Persie for the top scorer, and the competition between the two had reached a fever pitch. So Arsenal fans were also very concerned.

Now the two of them had the same number of goals, it depended on who could score first and who would have the advantage.

Chen Hero had already scored a goal in the first half.

But the big screen had not been turned on at that time. The fans did not see the goal—they heard about it. But hearing about it was not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes, right?

Van Persie also knew the news that Chen Hero was one goal ahead of him. Also heard about it.

He wasn't worried, if he was only one goal behind, he was confident that he could catch up.

In this mood, he came out with his teammates to warm up. The game footage also appeared on the big screen.

The Liverpool and Chelsea game footage was only shown to the fans. Van Persie buried his head in warming up and never looked up.

Until he heard a huge boo suddenly erupt from the stands.

He didn't react at first and didn't understand what was happening. It wasn't until his teammates reminded him to look at the big screen that he realized it.

He looked up and saw Chen Hero running with his arms outstretched to celebrate the goal.

"His second goal!" The teammates who reminded Van Persie frowned as they looked at the big screen.

Being one goal behind, Van Persie was still confident that he could catch up. Being two goals behind... Van Persie suddenly felt that the pressure on his shoulders had become heavier.

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When Van Persie felt the huge pressure, Wenger was on the sidelines venting his anger at the stadium staff. He believed that the Emirates Stadium's decision to turn on the big screen to broadcast the Liverpool and Chelsea game had not been authorized by him. Actually, it was mainly because he was worried that Chen Hero's two goals would bring huge pressure and burden to Van Persie, which would lead to a mental imbalance in the game.

In order to protect Van Persie, he had used all his abilities, but he had never thought that the stadium manager would turn on the big screen to broadcast the game without permission.

"Turn off that damn TV for me!" Wenger pointed at the big screen and roared at the staff. "You guys play music before the game, why are you suddenly acting crazy and broadcasting the game live today?"

Soon, under Wenger's criticism, the big screen flashed, and the game broadcast footage disappeared, replaced by some wonderful highlights of Arsenal this season. In this video, Van Persie was the well-deserved protagonist, and footage of him scoring goals constantly appeared on the screen.

After a brief moment of surprise, Arsenal fans cheered. They thought that the stadium was using this method to cheer for Van Persie, and they also joined the cheering team...

Who knew that this was Wenger's way of protecting Van Persie?

The footage of his heroic posture after scoring appeared on the screen, but Van Persie didn't look at it. He lowered his head and started warming up again.

Wenger stood on the sidelines, looking at Van Persie with some worry. Who knew what his mood was at this time?

Honestly, Wenger himself felt desperate about competing for the top scorer. That Chen Hero was indeed too strong. This was only his first Premier League season, and he had already broken the single-season goal record held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. If he was given more time and a stronger and more stable Liverpool, what kind of shocking performance would he have?

Robin, can he really defeat such a terrifying guy?