Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 1108 A Hero's Decisive Strike! (Second Update Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Suarez's goal plunged Newcastle fans into dead silence, but Liverpool fans cheered and celebrated.

In Liverpool, those fans who couldn't make it to the stadium raised their glasses and drained them, then shouted heartily: "Long live Liverpool! Long live Liverpool!!"

On television, the commentator was still shouting: "Liverpool! Liverpool! They've tied the score! From two goals down to a tie, Liverpool only took ten minutes! Incredible!"

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Suarez placed the football in the center circle and then gave Chen Hero a thumbs-up. Only then did he have time to thank Chen Hero for the assist.

Chen Hero winked at him—we're brothers, aren't we? You're welcome!

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Although Liverpool had tied the score, this result was meaningless for them. They had to win.

Now it was Newcastle United's manager Alan Pardew's turn to make a choice.

Did he choose to fight for victory or to settle for a draw?

Judging from Liverpool's momentum, trying to win would be very risky. But after working hard for ninety minutes at home, Pardew felt a little unwilling to just settle for a draw... Why? This is our home ground, why should we be happy with a draw?

In the end, Pardew made his decision—attack! Fight for victory!

However, although the goal was to win, the means remained the same. Newcastle was still playing on the counterattack.

Pardew hadn't lost his composure. He knew that Liverpool had to win, so Liverpool would continue to attack desperately, and that was Newcastle United's chance.

So, he needed patience, and... this time he absolutely couldn't be distracted!

Because Liverpool didn't celebrate the goal, Pardew didn't have time to convey his instructions to the whole team. He could only find someone else to pass the message on, telling them to continue to stick to the counterattack, not to waver, and above all, not to be distracted again. They had to concentrate and pay attention to Liverpool's attack.

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Pardew's adjustments were effective.

Newcastle United's players also realized that they had conceded the goal because they had been distracted while defending... So naturally, they didn't dare to be distracted again.

When defending, they focused wholeheartedly, temporarily forgetting about how to counterattack.

They had all witnessed Liverpool's offensive power.

The Newcastle United fans in the stands became active again, cheering desperately for their team, while also booing Liverpool and Chen Hero.

However, they didn't dare to imitate the Liverpool fans and call out Chen Hero's name... It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away. Wouldn't it be stupid to bring the wolf back?

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After Newcastle United adjusted their strategy and concentrated, their defense was indeed much better. In addition, this was their home ground, and the referee would be a little biased towards them, so Liverpool failed to score after tying the score.

As the game time dwindled, but the score was still tied at 2-2, some Liverpool fans began to get anxious.

They knew very well that a draw was a defeat for Liverpool!

They needed a goal...

"Score one, Hero!"

"Score one, Luis!"

"Score one, Captain..."

"Ah, no matter who, just score a goal!"

More and more fans began to mutter to themselves like this.

In the end, it coalesced into one sentence: "Score one! Score one! Score one!"

More and more Liverpool fans joined in the chanting.

At the Sports Direct Arena, in pubs all over Liverpool, everywhere there were such voices.

This sound carried their expectations and strength, gathering in the sky above the Sports Direct Arena.

Hovering over the heads of the Liverpool players.

It was as if the Liverpool players only had to look up to see that spectacular sight—the hopes of the Liverpool fans, like colorful auroras hovering in the air, constantly transforming into various shapes and colors.

Those were the colorful wishes in the hearts of the Liverpool fans!

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The game was drawing to a close.

The score was still 2-2.

Newcastle United had been defending all along, but they had also launched several counterattacks, and they were quite threatening.

Newcastle United had presented Liverpool with a difficult problem—do you want to continue attacking? Do you really want to do that? Aren't you considering the gaps in your defense? Aren't you worried about your goal?

If you continue to attack, of course we'll be happy, because our counterattack can kill you.

If you don't continue to attack... well, if it really comes to it, we can accept a draw.

But for Liverpool, this wasn't really a difficult problem, because they had to score, they had to win. There was no second answer to this question.

Liverpool ignored Newcastle United's counterattacks and continued to bombard them!

The scene was somewhat tragic—Liverpool, braving Newcastle United's threatening counterattacks, continued to attack, for the sake of scoring, for the sake of victory... but they might die on the beach before they could score and win.

But could they shrink back or stagnate just because they were afraid of death?

No, that would only kill them faster.

There was only one way to survive, and that was to fight bravely, move forward unswervingly, and strive to kill the enemy before the enemy killed you, and then rush to safety.

In the final moments of the game, Liverpool launched a fierce offensive against Newcastle United's goal.

It looked like a desperate attack...

But was it really desperate?

At least Chen Hero didn't agree with that view.

He never felt despair.

He was full of confidence—Liverpool would definitely win!

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Liverpool would definitely win!

It wasn't just Chen Hero's inner belief, but also the inner belief of all the Liverpool players.

With this belief, the Liverpool players launched an offensive towards Newcastle's goal.

Later on, as the game time dwindled, Liverpool's tactics began to become simpler: go down the flanks, pass the ball to the flanks, and then cross it into the center, where Chen Hero would meet the cross and contest for the header with Newcastle United's center backs.

If this had happened to other teams, everyone would have thought that this was a desperate measure, indicating that the team's coach was out of ideas. They could only rely on this kind of hit-or-miss method to hope for a goal or something.

But since this was happening to Liverpool, it wasn't a laughable "desperate measure," but a dreaded, sure-kill technique! Because they had Chen Hero, who was the best header in the world!

Newcastle United had previously been able to take the time to counterattack, giving Liverpool what they thought were difficult problems, but now they couldn't bother to come up with problems anymore. They were too busy answering questions...

It was Liverpool's turn to give them problems.

And this time, it wasn't just problems that Liverpool thought were difficult, but real problems!

Every time Chen Hero jumped, it made the hearts of Newcastle United's players and fans tremble.

God, don't let him get his head on the ball!

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In the eighty-sixth minute, Liverpool launched another offensive, still going down the flanks and then crossing.

This time it was Gareth Bale's cross.

The football drew an arc, flying towards the goal.

It looked no different from the previous crosses.

But the Newcastle United players didn't dare to be careless. Every cross that looked no different could ultimately lead to a completely different result...

Chen Hero saw Gareth Bale's cross in front of the goal. He took a step forward, making a gesture as if he was going to head the ball.

But then he suddenly stopped abruptly, standing still.

Defending Chen Hero were two Newcastle United center backs, one was the veteran Argentine center back Coloccini, who was 1.83 meters tall, and the other was Williamson, who was 1.93 meters tall.

They were both thrown off by Chen Hero's sudden stop. By the time they wanted to pounce back, Chen Hero had already jumped up from the ground, in place!

"Hero—!!"

The commentator shouted at the top of his voice. They had done this many times before, but that was all, it ended there.

But this time was different!

Generally speaking, jumping in place doesn't get you very high. But Chen Hero didn't need to compete with the opposing center backs for jumping height, because at this moment, he was the only one jumping in front of the goal!

In front of Newcastle United's goal, only Chen Hero was high above!

This was something that had never happened before.

Many Newcastle United fans' hearts were in their throats...

Chen Hero jumped in the air, and then headed for the goal!

With a bang, the football flew towards the goal.

Newcastle United's goalkeeper Krul was tall and had long arms, but in front of Chen Hero's header, his height and arm length advantages couldn't be brought into play at all.

He didn't dare to jump in advance, because if he guessed the wrong direction, he would make a fool of himself!

He could only wait for Chen Hero to head the football out before he could jump up to save it or something.

But the distance was so close that by the time he saw Chen Hero hit the ball and then got up, it was already too late...

The football flew into the goal first, and his hand arrived later.

What use was it at this point?

The football crashed into the net under everyone's gaze...

"goooooooooooooooAL!!!"

"Beautiful!"

"Hero! He scores twice! He has become Liverpool's hero again! Hero! Hero! Worthy of his name!"

Amidst the commentator's frantic shouts, Chen Hero landed, and then raised his hand and began to take off his jersey. Such a game-winning goal, it wasn't cool enough not to take off his clothes!

He didn't even bother to look back to see if the football had gone in—he had absolute confidence in his headers!

After taking off his jersey, he clenched it in his hand, and then ran towards the coach's bench with his arms outstretched.

There, Martin O'Neill and the others were raising their arms and shouting.

All the emotions that everyone had been suppressing before were released!

Chen Hero led a group of his teammates and plunged into the crowd of cheering people on the sidelines.

Like a boulder thrown into a lake, stirring up waves in the sky.

"Game-winning goal! This is a game-winning goal! Hero's game-winning goal!!" Old Hatson's hysterical voice echoed in the ears of every cheering Liverpool fan.