Appreciation is appreciation, but what should be fought for must still be fought for.

Chen Hero liked Gareth Bale as his teammate, but weren't the two of them not teammates yet?

Since they weren't teammates, then they were enemies. If they were enemies, then there had to be a winner.

Not to mention that Bale had just performed so well in that attack, helping Tottenham take the lead against Liverpool.

How could Chen Hero let Bale steal the show?

Letting the other side score first on your own turf? That just wasn't right!

If he didn't fight back, would they still be the masters of their own house?

At Anfield, if I don't show my power, you'll think I'm Doraemon!

"After the game restarted, Liverpool intensified their attack. Now they are behind Tottenham on their home ground... Everyone's eyes are focused on Chen Hero..."

Accompanying the commentator's words was a close-up shot from the television broadcast, constantly focused on Chen Hero's face.

Bale had performed so well, and knowing Chen Hero's personality, he would definitely not show weakness, so there was a good show to watch!

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Chen Hero was indeed unwilling to let Bale be the star, or rather, unwilling to let only Bale be the star.

Not long after the game restarted, he received a pass from Suarez in the penalty area and almost scored with a sweeping shot, but it was blocked by Tottenham goalkeeper Gomes in front of the goal line.

At that time, Liverpool fans and commentators all thought the ball had gone in. Some people even started cheering impatiently, and the commentator blurted out: "Goal!!"

He only realized the ball hadn't actually gone in when his voice trailed off...

Everyone was disappointed.

Chen Hero was much calmer than them. He just shook his head and ran back.

Because he knew that he was actually not far from scoring...

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Sure enough, in the thirty-eighth minute, he did it!

At that time, Liverpool launched an attack. Sanchez broke through on the wing and then suddenly cut inside, then crossed to the far post of the penalty area.

Everyone's attention was focused on Chen Hero and Suarez in the middle. Unexpectedly, Enrique had already pressed forward from the left back position. Seeing Sanchez's pass, he suddenly moved forward and happened to appear at the far post in the penalty area, with no one around him!

Liverpool's defenders reacted differently. Some ran to cover, while others raised their arms to signal to the referee that Enrique was offside.

Taking advantage of this time, Enrique had already completed his shot!

He stopped the ball with his left foot, then raised his left foot and shot!

This time, Gomes made another brilliant save, blocking the ball with his foot!

Just when Tottenham fans were about to breathe a sigh of relief, that breath was stuck in their throats again.

Chen Hero, who had once been heavily defended but was now briefly ignored by everyone, charged in!

It was as if he had known all along that Enrique's shot would be saved by Gomes and would fall exactly in that place. Gomes had just blocked the ball, and when he turned his head, he saw Chen Hero charging towards him, then raising his leg and tapping the ball!

The ball changed direction and flew straight into the goal!

"Hero! Re-shot!! He scored!! He equalized the score for Liverpool!"

In the eyes of many people, this goal was far less technical than Bale's assist to Adebayor just now. Indeed, it was the result of Chen Hero's hard training in off-ball movement with Inzaghi.

Not pretty, but very practical.

You must know that when Chen Hero appeared in that place, not only Gomes, but even the other Tottenham players, no one could have imagined it. Some people didn't expect him to be able to appear there by chance, and some people didn't expect Chen Hero to appear there so quickly...

After scoring, Chen Hero pounded his chest with his fists and roared.

Finally, Liverpool made their voice heard at home!

"Hero! Hero! Hero!!" Liverpool fans all jumped up from their seats and shouted, raising their arms.

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After Chen Hero equalized the score, the two sides returned to equilibrium.

Tottenham contracted their defense and then resolutely launched counterattacks, definitely not investing too many troops in the frontcourt, relying on Bale and Lennon's sprints and breakthroughs on the two wings to deliver shells to Adebayor in front.

As for Liverpool, in addition to the defenders raising their vigilance and the midfield intercepting, they were still bombarding Tottenham's penalty area like crazy.

However, they failed to rewrite the score in the first half.

The two sides drew 1:1 in the first half.

During the halftime break, O'Neill made some adjustments to strengthen the defense against Tottenham's counterattacks, mainly against Bale's attacks on the wing.

However, his approach was not to strengthen the defense, such as asking Sanchez not to assist, or simply replacing Sanchez with a midfielder who was good at defense.

Instead, he did the opposite, asking Sanchez to be bolder and more unrestrained in attack.

Then he let Inler lean slightly towards this side to assist Sanchez.

"You were completely suppressed by Bale in the first half, Sanchez!" Martin O'Neill said with a serious expression. "The first half was not the real you. You must let me see the real Sanchez in the second half!"

This approach was much smarter than scolding Sanchez for his poor defense and asking him to completely sacrifice his attack in the second half and shrink back to assist in defense!

Sure enough, after hearing O'Neill's criticism, Sanchez did not become angry or depressed, but stood up full of fighting spirit and replied in not-so-fluent English: "Don't worry, boss!"

Bale was an excellent winger, and the person Liverpool talked about the most before the game was him. Sanchez had also heard about him for a long time. However, Sanchez himself was also quite arrogant and confident. He believed that he was also quite talented and not inferior to Bale.

Therefore, he was very unhappy that Bale had completely blown him away and suppressed him in the first half. He couldn't wait to prove in the second half that he was just as good and could also suppress Bale.

As long as Sanchez could really suppress Bale, Liverpool would not only have a great improvement in attack, but also have no problem with defense on the right wing. This was a double-edged approach, which was much smarter than simply strengthening the defense and then replacing someone to strengthen the attack.

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At the beginning of the second half, Sanchez, who had been inspired with fighting spirit, performed brilliantly. He dribbled the ball on the wing and competed with Bale for speed. Just as Bale was about to pass him, he suddenly stopped sharply and knocked the ball from behind him to the inside. At this time, Bale had rushed too far because of his speed. When he turned back, Sanchez had already dribbled the ball to the inside.

He could only give up.

This was just one moment in the contest between the two.

There were many such scenes in the second half.

Whether it was dribbling speed or off-ball running speed, Sanchez was not as fast as Bale. The two were not even wingers of the same style.

Sanchez's footwork was very delicate, and he was a typical South American player. He was good at using his footwork to make sudden stops, changes of direction, and various feints to deceive his opponents and continue to dribble through.

Bale, on the other hand, would accelerate wildly as soon as he saw an opening. He dribbled the ball with a large stride, often kicking the ball far away and then using his speed to forcibly overtake, leaving his opponent behind and then catching up with the ball.

Because of this characteristic, he was called "good at passing the ball to himself three seconds later."

Actually, it was that he ran to where the ball was three seconds later.

This kind of dribbling actually didn't require much technique. It mainly relied on giving full play to the player's speed advantage. However, it looked very powerful, with a feeling of riding alone and trampling the camp. It was very exciting and increased adrenaline, making people cheer with excitement.

Now that the two were facing each other, Sanchez performed more brilliantly in the second half, and Bale had to temporarily give up attacking and retreat to defend, first holding on to the defense. If they continued to lose the ball, then nothing would be useful.

But how could Liverpool give him a chance to hold on to the draw?

How could Chen Hero give him a chance to launch a counterattack?

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In the sixty-sixth minute, Sanchez faced Bale on the wing. After using his feints to shake off Bale, he did not break through, but instead crossed directly!

At that time, he was still a bit far from the penalty area, so Bale didn't expect him to cross directly, watching the ball fly past him without making any interception.

Not only him, but the other Tottenham players also didn't expect Sanchez to cross directly. Many people could only look up at the ball as it flew over their heads in the air.

Sanchez's cross was really great. The height of the ball in the air was not very high, just enough to bypass the heads of the Tottenham defenders. The main thing was that the cross was sudden, so the Tottenham defenders didn't have time to react, so the ball was able to bypass the Tottenham defense.

Because the height was not high, it was much simpler for the players in the center to handle it...

Chen Hero appeared at the top of the arc of the penalty area, then raised his arms, straightened his chest, and stopped the ball with his chest, then he entered the penalty area.

After the ball fell from the air, he also raised his right leg.

When the Tottenham defenders found Chen Hero there, it was too late!

Chen Hero happened to appear in the middle of the two Tottenham center backs. No matter who ran to defend, it would take time, and by the time they arrived, Chen Hero might have already scored.

Despite this, Tottenham center back Michael Dawson, who was behind Chen Hero, still rushed up and tackled from behind, trying to interfere with Chen Hero's shot.

As a result, he hit a wall.

The wall remained motionless, but he himself fell backwards to the ground.

At this moment, the ball fell to a suitable height, and Chen Hero's ready-to-go right leg swung out and slammed into the ball!

Bang!

The ball flew along the grass towards the bottom left corner of the goal.

Gomes jumped to the ball, and his fingertips brushed the ball, but it did not change the trajectory of the ball, because Chen Hero's shot was too powerful!

With a swish, it was the sound of the ball coming into contact with the net.

After hearing this sound, Gomes' heart turned cold...