Chapter 1 What Happened?

While the Liverpool players were late to appear, both the Everton players and fans were guessing what had happened.

There were many guesses, but the one people were most eager to believe was this—"Liverpool must have lost their fighting spirit because they were hammered with two goals in the first half, and then got a scolding from Martin O'Neill during the half-time break. They're taking a passive approach, unwilling to participate in the second half!"

In that case, why not just have the referee announce the premature end of the game and declare Everton the winner!

Those Liverpool cowards!

So, not long after the start of the second half, the Everton fans' shouts rang out again. They yelled at the Liverpool players: "You're a bunch of cowards! You might as well stay in the locker room and never come out!!"

The shouts were so loud that even fans who didn't go to the stadium could hear them clearly on TV.

But they didn't shout for long, because they were soon forced to shut their mouths.

Chen Hero received a pass from his teammate thirty-seven or eight meters from the goal. Whether they were in the middle or on the wing, his teammates were running into position, but Chen Hero didn't even look up, and didn't look at his teammates' positions. Instead, he directly pushed the football forward, followed by a powerful long shot!

"Hero shoots directly!"

The commentator roared in surprise.

In the shouts of "You are all cowards," the football drew a straight line in the air, almost completely without spin, flying towards the goal!

Few people would believe that such a long-range shot would pose any threat to the goalkeeper.

So the Everton fans continued to mock Liverpool, without feeling the slightest worry. Until the football slammed into the crossbar!

With a "clang!"

All the taunts and boos came to an abrupt halt.

Chen Hero almost blasted the football into the goal after hitting it against the crossbar! But he didn't show any regret for missing the opportunity. He raised his right hand, held up his index finger, put it to his lips, and made a "shut up" gesture to the Everton fans!

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"Hero!... That was close! It almost went in!" The Everton commentator exclaimed, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah! Ahhh! Hero! Hero! What a pity!" The Liverpool commentator held his head in his hands, looking even more frustrated than Chen Hero.

"A thirty-eight-meter long shot! Hero almost equalized the score for the team! The second half has just begun, and Liverpool has created a chance to kill! And this is their most threatening shot so far in the whole game!"

"Liverpool's performance seems different from the first half... What happened during the half-time break? Martin O'Neill came out quickly, so this change probably wasn't brought about by him..."

The commentators cheered and regretted Chen Hero's amazing long shot. If it had gone in, it would have been a wonderful world-class goal!

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When the football hit the crossbar and bounced out, many Everton fans' hearts stopped beating.

They almost thought the football went in…

Many of those who survived the scare forgot to continue booing or scolding to respond to Chen Hero's provocation. But they still had a way to mend the fold after the sheep were lost—as long as Chen Hero got the ball, there would be huge boos from the stands of Goodison Park.

But in fact, everyone knew that boos were no longer effective for Chen Hero. They were just venting their dissatisfaction—what's all the swaggering about! You're still two goals behind! What's the point of shooting the football against the crossbar except to show that you're really unlucky?! Or rather, being able to hit the football against the crossbar is already considered good luck. And after your good luck runs out, aren't you still two goals behind us?

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Liverpool quickly used practical actions to tell the Everton fans whether they were lucky or unlucky…

"Suarez!! He broke through! He dodged... Passed the ball! Hero—gooooooooooooooAL!!!"

Accompanied by his roar, Chen Hero leaned against Distin in the penalty area. Under Distin's pull, he still stubbornly swept the football into the goal.

"Goal! Goal!! Hero scored a goal back for Liverpool!"

"Suarez's breakthrough and Hero's scramble in front of the goal were very tacit! Now Liverpool is only one goal behind! For Liverpool, this is not a setback at all!"

"Chen Hero finally found his shooting boots and changed them on during the half-time break. With Hero back to normal, Liverpool has nothing to worry about!"

"I'm not surprised that Hero scored a goal. Just look at that long shot he took not long after the start of the second half... That was the signal!"

After scoring the goal, Chen Hero didn't celebrate wildly. Instead, he got up from the ground, rushed into the goal, grabbed the football in front of goalkeeper Howard, and turned around to run towards the center circle.

As he ran, he waved his fists at his teammates.

Although there was still a lot of time left, Chen Hero wanted to tell everyone—equalize the score as soon as possible, and then we're going to counterattack!

This game can't just be understood as simply equalizing the score!

This is the Merseyside derby!

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The Everton fans finally felt the threat. The proof was that as soon as the game restarted, as long as a Liverpool player got the ball, there would be crazy boos from the stands of Goodison Park.

To Chen Hero, this was the wail of despair, and he especially liked listening to it.

Because every time he heard such a sound, it meant that the opponent was not far from collapsing.

Just add a little more effort, a little more effort!

So, boo, boo as much as you like! Because you are like grasshoppers after autumn, and you can't hop for a few days!

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The fact is that when Liverpool returned to normal and began to pay attention to their opponents, this Liverpool team was really not something Everton could contend with, even at their own home…

The game continued, and Liverpool completely occupied the advantage. Everton could only shrink back to their own half and defend desperately.

Moyes also quickly made adjustments, which was to strengthen the defense. Currently, Everton is still leading Liverpool by one goal. As long as they can maintain this lead, Everton will still win.

Of course, Liverpool wouldn't let them succeed.

Everton thought that by shrinking their defense and huddling in the thirty-meter area, not giving Liverpool players enough time and space, Liverpool would have no way to deal with them.

Generally speaking, this strategy and idea are correct.

But the opponent they were facing was Liverpool, and Liverpool had Chen Hero.

Chen Hero is an siege weapon, specializing in breaking through dense defenses!

In the sixty-sixth minute of the game, Liverpool crossed the ball from the wing. Originally, the Everton defender could easily clear the ball, but Chen Hero rushed over like a giant bear, and stabbed the football away with a single kick!

The football he stabbed out happened to land at the feet of Adam Johnson. Adam Johnson was not polite and shot directly!

He shot very slyly. Howard tried his best to save, but he couldn't stop the football from flying into the goal…

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"The second goal! Liverpool has chased two goals in a row in ten minutes! They did it!"

"Beautiful! Adam Johnson! He scored!!"

"Unbelievable! Liverpool equalized the score after being two goals behind! They only took ten minutes! The Liverpool in the second half is indeed completely two teams compared to the first half!"

"Everton's two-goal lead disappeared in an instant! What a pity! They fell short!"

In the shouts of the commentators, Adam Johnson originally planned to pounce on Chen Hero. Regardless of whether Chen Hero did it intentionally or unintentionally, he was the one who poked the ball to him, which was considered his assist.

But when he turned his head, he didn't see Chen Hero.

Looking at the goal again, he was startled—Chen Hero had rushed to the front of the goal and was arguing with Everton goalkeeper Howard!

The two of them were fighting for the ball!

Howard hugged the football in his arms, protecting the football firmly with both hands. Chen Hero went up and snatched it, trying to grab the football—equalizing the score didn't satisfy him, he wanted to win!

How could Howard be able to grab the ball from Chen Hero?

Seeing that the football in his arms was about to be snatched away by Chen Hero, Distin rushed up to help. He pushed Chen Hero away!

Seeing that Chen Hero was facing two people and was about to suffer! Adam Johnson didn't bother to celebrate the goal and quickly rushed over to help.

Suddenly, the players from both sides surged up from all directions, as if they were attracted by Chen Hero and the others.

There was also a loud roar from the stands!

"Oh oh! Hero had a conflict with Everton goalkeeper Howard… The players from both sides quickly stepped in, pushing each other, and it looks like this conflict is showing signs of escalating!"

"Hero wanted to serve the ball quickly, but Howard stopped him… It seems that Chen Hero is not satisfied with a tie, even though it would be a miracle for Liverpool to get one point after being two goals behind…"

The referee rushed up, blowing his whistle, and the sharp whistle sounded on the field.

In the conflict, someone was injured and fell to the ground—Charlie Adam was pushed to the ground by Distin, and simply covered his face and refused to get up.

After the referee intervened, the players on both sides did not continue to fight, but instead started arguing.

They pointed at each other's noses and cursed each other for being despicable and shameless.

"You are deliberately delaying the game!"

"Your people started it first!"

"Look at Adam! He was pushed down by your people!"

"That's a dive! I definitely didn't touch his face!"

In the chaos, Chen Hero had already squeezed away Howard and grabbed the football in his arms.

Although it doesn't make much sense to have it now…

But if the game is suspended because of this, the time will be counted in stoppage time. And the time delayed by celebrating the goal will not be compensated… So no matter what, Liverpool still made a profit this time. The premise is that Chen Hero will not be sent off with a red card because of this. But he didn't hit anyone, so according to convention, it would be just a yellow card at most.

Sure enough, the referee showed a yellow card to Chen Hero, who provoked the incident, and also showed a yellow card to goalkeeper Howard, who tried to deliberately delay the game, and then showed a yellow card to Everton defender Distin, who pushed Adam Johnson to the ground. Only then did he suppress the emotions of the players on both sides.

The commentator was very excited: "This is the most exciting Merseyside derby in England!"