Chapter 36 Three Rounds Remain

With three rounds left in the league, Liverpool's hopes of participating in next season's Champions League were only theoretical. Basically, theoretical hope means "no chance."

In terms of personal honors, Liverpool's Chen Hero was only one goal behind Arsenal's Van Persie.

Those who had confidence in Chen Hero felt that this one goal was simply insignificant to him.

But Van Persie was also very confident in himself. Because he had figured out that Chen Hero was just bluffing.

Chen Hero wanted to force himself into a dead end, so why couldn't he turn around and force him into a dead end? As long as he kept scoring goals, kept scoring goals... he believed Chen Hero would despair.

In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Arsenal challenged Stoke City away, which was an opportunity.

Van Persie planned to continue to put pressure on Chen Hero in this game—Arsenal's game was earlier than Liverpool's.

"Van Persie! Van Persie! Robin van Persie—" The commentator called Van Persie's name with a passionate roar.

"Although Liverpool's Chen Hero is chasing closely, we see Van Persie's response—his goals are also one after another! This is the best Van Persie!"

"Now, with one more game played, the gap between Van Persie and Chen Hero's goal count has reached two! The ball has been kicked to Chen Hero's side, how will he respond?"

"The game is still going on, Van Persie has every chance to continue scoring... as long as he scores another goal, the gap between the two sides will return to three goals, and with three rounds left in the league, this gap is not so easy to close..."

Van Persie seemed very excited after scoring a goal. He declined the teammates who came to celebrate and ran back to the coach's bench in one breath. He wanted to thank Wenger, it was Wenger who made him feel at ease.

If Wenger hadn't said those words to him that day, he probably wouldn't be so calm. If he didn't score a goal in the game, he would become very irritable. This would definitely affect his state.

Now that he has scored another goal, the pressure is back on Hero...

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In the end, Van Persie scored a goal in the game, and Arsenal also defeated Stoke City 2:1 away.

The news soon reached the ears of Liverpool players.

"Van Persie scored again?" They were not concerned about Arsenal's record, but about Van Persie himself.

"Yeah, yeah. Van Persie is really fierce! He has scored thirty-four goals this season, right? He has never scored so many goals before..."

"Hey, Hero. What do you think?" Skrtel asked Chen Hero.

"I don't have any opinions." Chen Hero shrugged. "He scores his, I score mine."

"But there are only three rounds left before the end of the league..."

"Two goals is enough." Chen Hero seemed full of confidence.

Liverpool were also playing away this time, and their opponent was Norwich, which was not considered a strong team.

Dalglish also hoped that the team could beat their opponents. In this game, Suarez and Chen Hero started together, and their performance would be the key to the team's victory or defeat.

"Hero is right." Suarez leaned over. "With me assisting him, it's difficult for him not to score!"

Suarez's main task in this game was to pass the ball to Chen Hero. He no longer had any complaints.

Although the "Because of Friendship" talent only had 10% of its effect, it was still very strong. Chen Hero had discovered through half a season of practice that the effect of this talent was actually very awesome. Because the 10% probability it calculates is not on one player, but on all players who are considered Chen Hero's friends. For example, if there are three teammates in the team who can be considered friends with Chen Hero, if the three of them have ten assists together, Chen Hero can score one goal, which is a little more than three times when spread evenly among each person. Regardless of position, as long as Hero can receive the ball and shoot, it is considered an "assist," but if Hero dribbles more than five meters after receiving the ball, then the previous pass does not count as an "assist" in the statistics. In this case, Skrtel even has a chance to assist Chen Hero. What if all ten players in the starting lineup are Chen Hero's friends? Wouldn't that mean that anyone who passes the ball to Chen Hero would be able to score?

In reality, this is indeed the case, but no one can get everyone's support. It is impossible for all the players in a team's starting lineup to be their friends. Even Messi probably couldn't achieve this.

You need to know that the system is very strict in determining "friends." It's not like you can become friends just by having a few drinks and eating a few meals together.

Skrtel and Chen Hero had a friendship that continued from Zenit St. Petersburg. As for Adam Johnson, because he had just joined the team, Chen Hero was the most enthusiastic and proactive teammate towards him. As for Suarez, the story of how he became friends with Chen Hero was simply an extremely bloody soap opera...

Because of this talent, whether it was Suarez or Adam Johnson who passed the ball to Chen Hero, the probability of Hero scoring a goal was increased. Some opportunities that were not even considered good opportunities, at this time, the talent flashed, and Chen Hero finally put the ball in.

Adam Johnson also leaned over when he heard Suarez's words: "That's right, I also pass the ball to Hero!"

Although Chen Hero now tries not to use headers if he can avoid it, Adam Johnson is not only capable of high crosses, so he also has the opportunity to assist Chen Hero in scoring goals.

Three friends surrounded Chen Hero, giving him support, which made Chen Hero very happy: "Okay, if I really win against him, I'll take you guys to happy!"

"Hero, you're so generous!"

"Good brother, that's so kind!"

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At the press conference before Liverpool's away game against Norwich, the battle between Chen Hero and Van Persie for the top scorer was also the focus of the media.

The questions that reporters threw at Dalglish were almost all related to Chen Hero.

"You shouldn't ask me about whether Hero can score goals... It's useless to ask anyone. The game hasn't started yet, and no one knows what it will be like..." Dalglish seemed cautious, and at the same time, he was reducing pressure on Chen Hero. His idea was the same as Wenger's. In fact, at this time, whether it was the leader or the chaser, everyone was under great pressure.

Van Persie scored a goal, and he was temporarily relieved of pressure. Now, the pressure was all on Chen Hero's side. He didn't want Chen Hero to miss scoring opportunities because he wanted to score too much—such situations were common on the football field.

"What if Hero fails to score in this round of the league?"

"That's not my problem to consider."

Dalglish was reducing pressure on Chen Hero here, but unexpectedly, Chen Hero took all the pressure on himself during the interview.

"Van Persie scored a goal? That's great, I hope the Van Persie I defeat is one in the best condition." Chen Hero seemed full of confidence during the interview, and at the same time, he didn't care about Van Persie's goal at all. If everyone wanted to see pressure on him... they would probably be disappointed. It seemed that Van Persie's goal didn't bring him any pressure.

"Then, will you score in the game against Norwich?" The reporter asked Dalglish the same question before, but didn't get an answer. Not giving up, he ran to ask Chen Hero again. In fact, his question was really stupid. Who would know whether they could score a goal before the game started?

But Chen Hero is no ordinary person...

"Yes, I will score. I will definitely score." Chen Hero's answer was firm and certain, which made the reporter who asked the question a little suspicious—was Hero teasing him with such certainty, or did he really have this confidence?

The reporter didn't figure out this question, but Chen Hero's words had angered the Norwich players.

Before the game even started, he said that he would definitely score a goal. Did he even take their home team players seriously? Did he think that the Norwich goal was opened by their family, and he could score whenever he wanted? He could score as many as he wanted?

Even other media felt that Chen Hero was a bit arrogant and overbearing, and it was a bit disrespectful to his opponents to do so.

Norwich's coach Paul Lambert also decided to use this opportunity to arouse the players' fighting spirit and create some trouble for Liverpool...

Twenty minutes before the start of the game, Lambert gave the players a speech that he had prepared for a day.

"Guys, I believe you've all heard that we're being looked down upon! Before the game, that Chinese guy from Liverpool actually said with certainty that he would be able to score a goal. Do you know what that means?" Lambert looked at his players. He could see the angry look on the faces of these players. He knew that his words had worked—no, in fact, the main thing that worked was Chen Hero's words. From this point of view, he really had to thank that big-mouthed Chen Hero for helping him do the best pre-war mobilization.

"When a player announces that he will score a goal before the game, he must be treating us all like air! Now you have an excellent opportunity to let that ignorant bastard see what's what in the game! Our Norwich is not the pushover he imagined! He wants to score a goal? He will soon find out how stupid that idea is!"

Lambert's words made his players' blood boil. They couldn't wait to go to the field to show Chen Hero a thing or two...

So when Liverpool players found that the resistance they faced away from home was quite stubborn, it was not surprising at all...

Some people would naturally think that the reason why all the Norwich players were so energetic, as if they had taken aphrodisiacs, was because of Chen Hero's pre-match provocation. But at this time, they would never complain that Chen Hero had angered the Norwich players, making their game more difficult.

At this time, how could they boost the morale of others and destroy their own prestige?

Besides, what about a team like Norwich, even if they are angered? Is a person afraid of an angry ant?

For Liverpool, Norwich is an ant, and it is useless for them to be angry. There is no need to pay attention to them.

Chen Hero would not care about this matter even more. He would not even think that the reason why Norwich players were working so hard was because his pre-match confident declaration had hurt the self-esteem of the Norwich players... In Chen Hero's eyes, a team like Norwich only had one value, and that was... to let him use them to farm data.

As for why the Norwich players were working so hard, it was easy to understand—no team would want to surrender in their own home, right? Even if it was a symbolic resistance, they still had to resist.

But they will soon not have to resist, because he will give them relief.

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