After Bale switched to the center, he quickly found a breakthrough.

Before, Tottenham's defense only focused on preventing him from passing the ball to Chen Hero. But after he scored a goal, everything changed. Tottenham's defenders had to worry about Bale shooting.

As old teammates, everyone was very familiar with Bale's shooting ability.

They couldn't be careless.

They feared this was Martin O'Neill's tactical arrangement: sacrificing Chen Hero to feed Bale the ball. Because while they were familiar with Bale, how could Bale not be familiar with them?

This made defending Bale even more difficult—defend his shooting?

If they defended his shooting, what about his passes?

There was also Chen Hero lurking in the middle!

They couldn't ignore him!

And don't forget Suárez, Sanchez, Gerrard, and others.

Tottenham's defenders felt that even splitting themselves in two wouldn't be enough.

They suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Bale keenly noticed the bewilderment of his former teammates.

When he cut into the penalty area, he didn't choose to shoot directly. Instead, he cleverly passed the ball to Chen Hero.

This time, Chen Hero didn't stand on ceremony and volleyed a shot!

The ball flew past Gomes' fingertips and into the goal!

"Hero!! He scored!!"

"Hero assisted Bale for a goal, and now Bale assists Hero for a goal! Their relationship seems quite good!"

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Chen Hero ran to high-five Bale in celebration. For him, this goal was too easy. The main credit wasn't his, but Bale's. So, he wasn't overjoyed.

His teammates were much more excited than he was, because this goal gave Liverpool a two-goal lead over their opponents in the first half, making the rest of the game much easier.

Chen Hero didn't care about that, because he thought Liverpool would definitely win—with Chen Hero here, how could they lose?

But others didn't think so. Tottenham was a strong team after all, and they were playing at home. They had only been leading by one goal in the first half. What if Tottenham tied the score in the second half?

So, a two-goal lead was much safer...

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After treatment, Richards' wound finally stopped bleeding. The team doctor wanted him to return to the locker room, but Richards insisted on staying on the bench. He wasn't willing to leave like this. Since he wasn't on the field, his only hope was for Tottenham to beat Liverpool at home, at least to prevent that bastard from winning, which would make him feel a little better.

So, Tottenham winning was his only hope now.

But seeing Chen Hero score a goal against Gomes, he couldn't help but jump up from his seat—not with joy, but with anger.

He waved his fist and cursed, "Damn it! Bastard..." The second sentence wasn't directed at Chen Hero, but because he was too excited and angry. After jumping up, he accidentally twisted his already injured ankle...

He groaned and fell back to the ground.

Tottenham's bench and coaching staff were already in chaos because of the goal, and now Richards' accidental injury made things even more hectic...

Tottenham's new coach this season, McClaren, frowned when he saw Richards clutching his ankle and groaning on the ground. "Wasn't he told to go back to the locker room?"

The assistant coach quickly explained, "He insisted on staying to cheer for the team..."

McClaren snorted. "Is that how he cheers?"

The assistant coach, realizing McClaren was angry, quickly waved for the team doctor to check on the injury.

The team doctor was also depressed. He had warned Richards not to stay on the sidelines and to rest in the locker room. He didn't listen, and now...

He rushed over to check Richards' injury and gave him a bolt from the blue.

"At least a month, don't even think about touching a ball. Are you satisfied now, Micah?"

Richards looked at the team doctor in surprise, seemingly unable to believe his words.

"You did this to yourself, Micah." The team doctor was busy treating Richards' injury, so he didn't see the look on Richards' face.

"You have to go to the locker room now, because we can't treat your injury here, and we might have to go to the hospital right away..."

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While the Tottenham team doctor was treating Richards' injury, the TV broadcast also noticed what was happening in front of the Tottenham bench.

When everyone saw the replay, several commentators couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Richards is really unlucky. He was scratched on the heel by Chen Hero's falling cleats while defending Chen Hero. He was replaced not long after his sock was stained with blood. Then, because Chen Hero scored a goal, he excitedly rushed out to express his anger and sprained his ankle... I really don't know what to say!"

"Hahaha! I think the unluckiest person in this round of the Premier League is definitely Richards!"

"I really don't know what's going on in Richards' head... The most excited person in the whole team would just hold their head in their hands. He's so good that he rushed out like his butt was on fire and sprained his foot... Now, I don't know how many Tottenham games he'll miss. Fortunately, Walker has recovered from his injury, so McClaren doesn't have to worry too much about Richards' injury... But is it really okay to give up his starting position because of this injury, just after transferring to Tottenham and finally getting a chance to play because Walker was injured?"

"Ahahahaha! I think this can definitely be selected as one of the top ten most stupid ways to get injured! It seems that Hero has really caused a great psychological shadow on Richards! He can jump so high when Hero scores a goal..."

The commentators ridiculed Richards as much as they wanted, and even many TV viewers couldn't help but laugh. Because Richards' injury was really stupid...

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Richards reluctantly followed the team doctor to the locker room, limping. Before he left the field, he didn't forget to look back at the field.

He was unwilling to leave like this!

Just as he turned his head, he saw Chen Hero!

In fact, the commotion Richards made on the sidelines quickly made Chen Hero, who scored the goal, a supporting role—he successfully stole Chen Hero's thunder. If Richards knew this, he might have been happy with his performance...

But now he was definitely not happy, because he noticed that Chen Hero was also looking at him.

After discovering that he was looking at him, Chen Hero raised his hand.

What was he going to do?

Richards was puzzled.

The answer was revealed immediately...

Chen Hero raised his hand and waved at Richards!

Ah—goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!

If he hadn't been supported by the team doctor, Richards might have fallen headfirst!

He was trembling with anger!

Damn it! You're laughing at me! You're actually laughing at me!!

He was furious, but he couldn't do anything except curse Chen Hero in his heart. He couldn't even run now, let alone take revenge on Chen Hero.

He could only turn his head and swallow all the humiliation. Then, he made a poisonous oath in his heart—one day, one day, I will make you kneel in front of me and beg for mercy!

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Chen Hero's wave to Richards was definitely not a gesture of goodwill, but a blatant provocation and ridicule.

I just scored a goal, what are you so excited about? Haven't you been scored on four goals by me in person? You don't even have this much psychological quality?

Look, you hurt yourself, right?

This is retribution!

So, you should just stay in the locker room!

Suárez saw Richards leave the field and simply laughed without any regard for his image. In the end, he leaned on Chen Hero and kept punching him in the back.

"Ahahahaha! There are even people who get injured because of this, what an idiot! Hahaha! I can't take it anymore... My legs are laughing so hard they're weak..."

Chen Hero nudged him. "You don't want to get injured for such a stupid reason, do you, Luis?"

Suárez slowly stopped laughing, but he still had a smile on his face with tears in his eyes.

"That's so funny, Hero! Let me tell you, I'm counting on this to live for the next week, hahaha!" As soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but laugh again.

Chen Hero rolled his eyes.

"Your sense of humor is so low!"

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Richards' injury made the Liverpool players laugh on the field, which was a huge blow to the morale of the Tottenham players, even more than Chen Hero and Bale's two goals...

Richards' stupid injury made the Tottenham players feel ashamed, and they had an urge to declare to the world, "We don't know him."

This greatly affected their morale.

The saying "It's better to have a godly opponent than a pig-like teammate" was about Richards' situation.

The team had just fallen behind by two goals, and you got injured for such a stupid reason. It was impossible for others not to be affected.

Everyone was very discouraged, as if even God wasn't on their side... Richards' clumsy injury made them feel like clowns... At this time, they didn't care about Suárez's laughter, because Richards' performance was really terrible. All the anger was directed at Richards.

McClaren also noticed this, so his eyebrows were furrowed into a frown.

The team's morale was declining, and the game still had more than half to play. What would happen in the future?

What was causing the decline in morale? Two goals conceded? No! After Hero scored, he could feel that the morale hadn't declined so obviously. All of this happened after Richards' sudden second injury... In other words, Richards was the culprit!

Thinking about it this way, he became increasingly dissatisfied with Richards' insistence on staying on the bench, feeling that if it hadn't been for Richards' waywardness, the situation wouldn't have reached this point?

As he thought about it, he even attributed the team's 0-2 deficit to Richards' clumsy performance, both on and off the field... A player like that would only be a disaster for the team on the field!

Richards, who had returned to the locker room, would never have imagined that he had been blacklisted by the head coach less than half a season after transferring to his new team...