Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 832 Decisive Kill!

The conflict sparked by Chen Hero's jump finally subsided, but everyone was playing with a fiery temper.

Since the Premier League began, the Merseyside derby had been played forty times, resulting in a total of twenty red cards, making it the most card-filled clash between two teams. This derby was naturally considered the most intense derby in the Premier League.

Therefore, the players on both sides already disliked each other, and the slightest spark could ignite the anger in their hearts.

Chen Hero was that spark.

In the remaining time of the match, although not much, big moves from both sides were common.

Soon, Gerrard received a yellow card for fouling Fellaini.

In the "melee" between the two sides, the score remained deadlocked at 2-2.

To outsiders, this score was unacceptable for Everton, as they had once led their opponents 2-0.

At the same time, this score should have been acceptable to Liverpool, after all, they had once been two goals behind, and now being able to tie the game was a remarkable miracle.

But the reality was that neither side was satisfied with this score.

Everton, playing at home, certainly had no reason to accept a draw in their own stadium, and Liverpool certainly didn't think that their comeback meant everything was fine.

Therefore, although the two sides were engaged in a melee, they were still aiming at each other's goal.

In the eighty-fifth minute, Everton organized a very threatening attack. Fellaini distributed the ball to the wing, and Drenthe crossed it directly after receiving it.

Argentine center forward Denis Stracqualursi, who was following up in the middle, jumped high and headed for the goal. Fortunately, Reina was focused and managed to block the ball over the crossbar. Otherwise, Everton might have secured a last-minute victory over Liverpool!

Liverpool fans were terrified at that moment.

But soon Gerrard responded with a long shot. He received a return pass from Chen Hero and shot directly without stopping the ball. The ball drew an arc and went slightly wide of the right post.

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The two sides continued to stalemate, and the time of the match was getting shorter and shorter. It seemed that they had to accept the draw...

Just then, Liverpool launched another attack.

It was a counterattack.

The ball was quickly passed from the backfield to the midfield, and then from the midfield to the front!

Gerrard suddenly made a through pass while running!

Chen Hero ran diagonally, intercepted the ball in front of Distin, and then fearlessly took it into the penalty area!

"Hero! He's in! But Distin is still beside him!"

French center-back Sylvain Distin is one meter ninety-one tall and weighs eighty-five kilograms. He is an experienced and strong center-back. In the matches between Everton and Liverpool last season, he was responsible for marking Chen Hero. He had also suffered a lot from Chen Hero, so he could be considered to know Chen Hero well.

He knew that Chen Hero was physically outstanding and had good physical confrontation ability, so even if there was some physical contact in the penalty area, he believed that Chen Hero would not fall easily.

Therefore, seeing Chen Hero intercept the ball one step ahead of him and take it into the penalty area, he was not caught off guard. He raised his hands high to show the referee that he had no arm movements, and then crashed into Chen Hero from behind with all his strength!

Chen Hero spread his hands slightly, spread his legs apart, maintained his balance, and protected the ball in front of him.

Distin then slammed into him.

No effect.

Like an ant trying to shake a tree, Distin almost jumped up and stuck to Chen Hero, but Chen Hero did not fall. Instead, Distin lost all his center of gravity and was bounced back by the reaction force, falling backward!

Although Distin did not succeed in stealing the ball from Chen Hero, he still interfered with Chen Hero after all. At the same time, he created opportunities and time for his teammate, goalkeeper Howard, to attack.

Chen Hero had just dealt with Distin when Howard rushed up. He was almost about to touch the ball!

At this moment, Chen Hero took a big stride! With an agility that was completely inconsistent with his height and weight, he snatched the ball in front of Howard's hand and thrust it forward!

Seeing him raise his foot, Howard knew what Chen Hero was going to do. He quickly lowered his center of gravity and fell to the turf, and then the ball hit his leg and bounced out!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and some couldn't wait to cheer for Howard, who had made a perfect save.

But Chen Hero did not give up!

He saw the ball bounce to the left of his body, and quickly turned to chase the ball!

When he turned, his body was almost parallel to the ground! He supported his body with his left hand and completed this motorcycle-cornering-like turn!

Just after turning around, he saw another Everton defender, Heitinga, come up to steal the ball!

Seeing this scene, Chen Hero was furious – the meat is already in my mouth, how can I tolerate you repeatedly ruining my plans?!

Before Chen Hero could adjust his body's center of gravity, he swung a leg!

Heitinga, clearing the ball with a big kick, successfully kicked the ball.

But the ball did not fly directly out of the baseline as he had imagined, but stopped in place!

Bang!

With a muffled sound, he felt that what he had kicked was not an inflatable ball, but a heavy lead ball!

The ball remained motionless! And he himself flew forward like a rocket due to inertia!

Chen Hero's sweeping leg happened to block behind the ball at a critical moment. In fact, what Heitinga kicked was not a lead ball, but the ball that was left behind by Chen Hero's leg!

Chen Hero, who had left the ball behind, quickly got up and made a 180-degree turn while facing away from the goal!

Plus a follow-up shot!

Howard's second reaction was also quick enough. He had just blocked Chen Hero's stab shot, and seeing Chen Hero turn around and shoot, he quickly bounced up from the ground and lunged out. Unfortunately, this time he pounced in a hurry, and his whole body did not exert enough force, it was just a little bit short!

The ball flew past his hand!

Everton defender Drenthe, who had retreated to the goal line, could not use his hands either. Watching the ball fly towards him, he could only jump up to clear it with his head. It's just that he was a little short...

The ball flew over his head and into the goal!

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"Wow... Wow wow wow wow!!!" The commentators who witnessed the entire process of this goal became excited. "It's a last-minute goal! A last-minute goal! Eighty-ninth minute! Hero scores twice! He scored the decisive goal for Liverpool! He kicked Everton into the abyss with one foot!! At their home stadium, Everton lost to their arch-rivals Liverpool once again!!"

"Beautiful goal! Hero's physical quality has been fully demonstrated!!"

"Four Everton defenders failed to stop him! Hero single-handedly turned Everton's defense upside down!"

"Hero made Everton helpless. Although Everton's defenders had done well enough in this defense, unfortunately they encountered a 'Bug'! Neither Distin's collision nor Heitinga's interference could stop his ball, and his turn and shot were also very fast and accurate! Making Howard out of reach!"

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Martin O'Neill, who had decided during halftime to sit on the coaching bench for the entire second half and not get up or direct the game, had indeed done so before the eighty-ninth minute. Neither Chen Hero's first goal nor Adam Johnson's goal had made his butt lift off the chair.

Even when there was a conflict between the players, and the game time was getting shorter and shorter, and the team still couldn't score, he didn't stand up to direct the game, or make substitutions or anything.

He had already decided that if this game ended in a draw, he would not praise the players' performance in the second half at all. He wanted to let these people know that the current Liverpool were far from qualified to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy!

But when Chen Hero scored the ball into Everton's goal in an incredible way, he forgot his vow made at halftime for a moment and jumped up from his chair! He opened his arms and rushed to the sidelines!

The other members of the coaching staff and the substitutes rushed out with him.

His first Merseyside derby... won!

How could he not be excited?

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This time after scoring, Chen Hero didn't rush into the net to grab the ball again, and Everton's players didn't hold the ball and refuse to let go. Drenthe lost his balance after jumping up and fell backward to the ground. The ball landed beside him, and he turned his head and stared blankly at the ball, without any reaction.

Several other Everton players simply lay down on the ground with their hands on their heads after seeing Chen Hero score the ball. The blow was too great, and they couldn't bear it standing up.

They were two goals ahead in the first half, and they thought it was only a matter of time before they won the game. Even after conceding two goals in the second half, they never gave up and were always planning to score a goal and secure a last-minute victory over Liverpool.

Unexpectedly, in the end, they were the ones who were defeated at the last minute...

Chen Hero was so excited after scoring!

Merseyside derby, he scored twice in this game. In fact, he had chances to score a hat trick, so scoring twice in the Merseyside derby was not the most goals he had scored, and it was not worth his excitement in itself. But this was a last-minute goal! A last-minute goal when they were two goals behind in the first half and everyone thought Liverpool was finished! Three goals in a row in the second half! In the eighty-ninth minute, he completely buried Everton... Wasn't such a performance worth his excitement?

He was so excited!

He ran towards the corner flag, then took off his jersey and threw it into the sky!

Then he turned his back and made a gesture showing off his back muscles. The giant bear on his broad back was snarling and roaring at countless Everton fans!

Long time no see, Northern Giant Bear!

Many Everton fans were immediately in a daze – in the winter of 2007, Chen Hero wore Zenit St. Petersburg's white jersey as a guest at Goodison Park Stadium. After scoring a goal, he ran to the front of the home team's coaching bench, took off his jersey, turned around, and showed Moyes and all Everton fans such a tattoo.

From that day on, the Everton fans and the city of Liverpool knew that in the world of football, there was such a Northern Giant Bear!