Chapter 156 Victory

Chen Hero's second goal put Liverpool back in the lead. Vidic was so anxious about this goal that he jumped up and down.

But he was powerless.

Ferguson sat on the coach's bench expressionlessly, chewing gum in his mouth. From his face, you couldn't tell what he was thinking at this moment.

Falling behind again made the old coach feel helpless. He defended against Chen Hero, but Liverpool had Suarez. When his people went to defend Suarez, Chen Hero scored...

After thinking about it, he could only come to one conclusion—Liverpool's lineup was indeed stronger than Manchester United's, without a doubt.

Liverpool also had more available players than Manchester United.

Looking at the current Manchester United, since Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid, Manchester United's lineup had been getting worse year by year. Now, perhaps only Rooney could be considered a "world-class star" in Manchester United's lineup.

With the successive retirements of Giggs and Scholes, the current Manchester United was in a rather awkward period of transition—the new players had not yet grown up, and the old players had all left, while there were too few middle-aged players in their prime.

Many people said that the current Manchester United was the weakest team since Ferguson took charge of Manchester United. Ferguson had never admitted this in any public occasion, but he knew in his heart that others were right.

It was precisely because of this that it was even more commendable that he could lead such a Manchester United to suppress the strong rise of Manchester City for two consecutive seasons and win the league championship.

However, the reason why he could suppress Manchester City had something to do with the fact that Manchester City was a nouveau riche and lacked foundation. Now he had to face the strong rise of Liverpool, which was Manchester United's biggest enemy. Could he lead this crippled team to success?

Judging from this game, it was very difficult...

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When Chen Hero scored a goal against Manchester United, the entire Anfield stadium erupted in deafening cheers!

The stadium seemed to be trembling under this sound!

Liverpool fans were so excited not only because they were leading Manchester United and had hope of winning the game. More importantly, everyone saw hope in the process of this game, the hope that Liverpool could bring Manchester United down!

This was the most important thing!

Manchester United had been running rampant over our heads for twenty years, and now we finally had a chance to pull them down! We must vent this anger!

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After Chen Hero scored, not only were Liverpool fans greatly encouraged, but Liverpool players were also full of fighting spirit.

In the following game, no matter how Manchester United adjusted or stepped up their offense, they just couldn't score.

On the other hand, Liverpool's offense was quite threatening, suppressing Manchester United from launching a full-scale counterattack. Whenever they wanted to press forward in a big way, Chen Hero and Suarez would make Manchester United feel the pain, and then they would quickly shrink back.

In this way, the score of 2:1 was maintained until the end of the game.

When the whistle blew to end the game, a huge shout erupted from Anfield.

In this thunderous shout, Manchester United players could only lower their heads and accept the failure of this national derby.

Fortunately, as players, they were all mentally prepared. Losing the game away from home was no big deal.

Many people began to think viciously in their hearts, 'Wait until we get to our home stadium, and then we'll teach you a lesson!'

Last season, Manchester United also lost to Liverpool away from home, but after returning to their home stadium, they defeated Liverpool and won the most crucial game. With the victory of this game, they surpassed Liverpool in one fell swoop and caught up with Manchester City, laying the foundation for eventually winning the league championship.

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Liverpool people did not think so far ahead. They were enjoying their victory to the fullest.

After embracing each other, they walked together to the stands and waved to the fans above to thank them.

Whenever there was a home game, Liverpool fans provided great support to the team. Otherwise, how could it be said that Liverpool fans were the most狂热 (kuángrè; fanatical) fans in England?

While Liverpool players were celebrating their victory, Manchester United players had long since left.

At the post-match press conference, Ferguson tried to downplay the failure: "This is just an ordinary league game. The league has only started four rounds, and a failure can't explain anything."

Saying so on the mouth, the old爵爷 (juéyé; Sir) himself knew in his heart that this game had already made him see bad omens. If he wanted to prevent Liverpool's rise, he was afraid that he and Manchester United would have to拼了老命 (pīn le lǎo mìng; fight with their lives) in the games after this...

After he left the Manchester United coach's position, he couldn't control what would happen to the competition between Manchester United and Liverpool. But as long as he was still in the Manchester United coach's position for a day, he would never allow this scene to happen.

Ferguson's ultimate goal was to pull the damn Liverpool down. Now he had succeeded, but how could he watch the damn Liverpool pull him and Manchester United down again?

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Ferguson deliberately downplayed the significance of this game, while Martin O'Neill did the opposite.

At the post-match press conference, he highly praised the performance of Chen Hero, Suarez and other Liverpool players.

Then he focused on the significance of this game. He didn't say it too clearly, otherwise it would be too naked and he would be considered失态 (shītài; to lose one's composure) by others.

Just like when Kevin Keegan coached Newcastle, because he hysterically shouted on a TV show, "We'll win them and we'll be champions! Yes, as long as we win the damn Manchester United, we'll be the damn champions!", the result was that the team eventually lost the league championship, and his performance, which had already shown signs of being driven mentally崩溃 (bēngkuì; collapse) by Manchester United, was ridiculed for a long time, and later was selected as one of the most classic quotes in the Premier League for ten years.

Now the league has only started four rounds, even if you have confidence in your team, you have to be cautious, so as not to become a laughing stock like Kevin Keegan.

"I think this game has made many people see the rise of Liverpool. We are not afraid of anyone!"

Liverpool's victory over Manchester United at home was very normal a long time ago. No one would associate so many things, but after experiencing that disastrous season under Dalglish, many people felt that Liverpool was indeed复兴 (fùxīng; reviving).

You must know that in the season when Dalglish coached the team, Liverpool was often beaten to a pulp even at home. At that time, anyone could bully them.

The former魔鬼主场 (móguǐ zhǔchǎng; devil's home ground) was completely ruined in this way.

It was not until last season that Liverpool's advantage at Anfield was re-established.

So seeing that their home record had improved, everyone knew that Liverpool was really复兴 (fùxīng; reviving) this time.

This season's Premier League has Manchester United, who are old and strong, Manchester City, the new贵 (guì; upstart) who have risen strongly relying on their financial resources, and Liverpool, the old team that is on the road to 复兴 (fùxīng; revival), plus traditional strong teams such as Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Everton, competing with each other, which is very interesting.

In the past, the reason why Serie A was considered the "Little World Cup" and the number one league in Europe was not only because they could attract many world-class players to join, but also because they had the "Seven Sisters". These seven teams constituted the main body of Serie A, competing with each other, with similar strengths, and any team had the ability to create trouble for the other six teams, avoiding the situation where one or several teams dominated. The league became suspenseful, and naturally it became more attractive and better to watch.

The current Premier League also has this trend—it shouldn't have been like this. With the rise of Manchester City and the consistent strength of Manchester United, the Premier League was actually tending to develop like La Liga in the 2012-13 season, that is, two strong teams dominated, and other teams could not compete with Manchester City and Manchester United at all. So everyone joked that there was a西超 (Xī Chāo; Spanish Super League) in Spain, and a "Man Super" in England. In fact, this is not a good thing. Over time, other teams will gradually lose their competitiveness, which is harmful to the level of the entire league.

At this time, Liverpool复兴 (fùxīng; revived), and their emergence broke the pattern of two strong teams争霸 (zhēngbà; vying for hegemony). Manchester City could not concentrate on dealing with Manchester United, and they soon inexplicably became mortal enemies with Liverpool. And Manchester United and Liverpool were originally mortal enemies, so they couldn't care about fighting with Manchester City anymore.

In addition, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton should not be underestimated.

This has re-formed a prosperous scene in the Premier League.

When Manchester City rose before, everyone was really worried that the Premier League would follow in the footsteps of La Liga...

Now it's better.

With such a situation, we really have to thank Liverpool, and specifically to a certain person, I am afraid we have to thank Chen Hero.

Because if it wasn't for Chen Hero's performance after joining Liverpool, and Manchester City hadn't stumbled on Liverpool one after another, I'm afraid they would have won the league championship in their first season. Their momentum was also very good in the second season, and it was because of Liverpool that they lost the championship.

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Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2:1 at home, allowing Liverpool to climb to the top of the league with the victory of this game.

The new season has started for four rounds, and Liverpool have won all of them, scoring eight goals and conceding three. Liverpool's performance can be described as excellent.

Many people are convinced that Liverpool can cause big trouble for the Manchester City duo this season.

As the biggest contributor to the team's four-game winning streak, Chen Hero is naturally also the target of media attention.

Especially since he has just scored twice in the "England National Derby" against Manchester United, helping the team defeat their arch-rivals at home, he is even more in the limelight.

The English media have already considered Chen Hero to be a player of the same level as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and one of the top three players in world football today.

Now these media are slapping themselves in the face, forgetting that they were still talking nonsense about Chen Hero's poor form before.

They are singing praises for Chen Hero one by one.

Some people even claim that Chen Hero's early announcement of the league's Golden Boot this season fully demonstrates his strong confidence and strength... These words make many people feel恶心 (ěxīn; disgusted), because the same media had previously criticized Chen Hero's approach as arrogant.

The media are always good at going back on their words, and being a weather vane is their nature. Chen Hero didn't bother to argue with the media in this regard.

What he values is the team's victory and performance.

The team defeated Manchester United, and now everyone's morale is high. Next up is the first group match of the Champions League.

Before the start of the Champions League, this victory boosted morale and helped them prepare for the next Champions League game.

At the same time, this is Chen Hero's return to Europe's top competition after two years.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time!