"Hero—!" With the commentator's roaring voice, Chen Hero leaped high, performing a lion's head flick at the near post, and the football went into the net.

"Manchester City was only ahead for seven minutes before Liverpool equalized! Hero is amazing!"

"Powerful Liverpool! Fearsome Liverpool!"

"We were betting just now, wondering when Liverpool would equalize. Although it wasn't within five minutes, seven minutes isn't long either..."

"Mancini's face must be very ugly right now... He just made the decision to pull back the defense, and the whole team retreated to their own thirty-meter area, turtling up to defend... But he still couldn't hold on to that one-goal lead!"

"Now it seems that Mancini's decision is a big joke! Did he think he could just defend to the death against Liverpool? Isn't the result the same? If defending to the death worked, then his Manchester City team wouldn't lose in the league!"

The commentators cheered for Chen Hero's goal while also cursing Mancini relentlessly.

Everyone was already very dissatisfied with his sudden defensive retreat because this adjustment stifled a wonderful head-to-head battle. Now that they saw his wishful thinking didn't work out, a group of people immediately rejoiced and cheered—retribution! This is retribution! Making us watch defensive turtling! We won't let him have a good time if he won't let us see a good game!

At this moment, a group of people became fans of Chen Hero in their hearts.

Chen Hero immediately had the demeanor of "acting on behalf of heaven" in their hearts!

Mancini's face was indeed very ugly because Chen Hero even ran up to him to taunt him after scoring the goal. Even if he had good self-restraint, he couldn't stand being provoked by Chen Hero again and again. His face undisguisedly told everyone—I'm very unhappy right now, don't mess with me!

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When Chen Hero scored, Liverpool Club Chairman Chen Xing and General Manager Niang both stood up at the same time to cheer and applaud for the goal.

Their actions were even a bit exaggerated.

They were deliberately doing this for Manchester City Chairman Mubarak next to them to see.

Liverpool and Manchester City had many grievances in the past, but those were limited to the team level, things between players and players, coaches and coaches.

However, Manchester City's attempt to purchase Chen Hero this time expanded the conflict to the level of the two clubs' senior management.

So now Liverpool's senior management is unhappy with Manchester City's senior management.

That's why their celebratory actions were a bit exaggerated.

And of course, Manchester City Club Chairman Mubarak, who was sitting next to him, could feel the meaning conveyed by Liverpool's senior management, but Liverpool people couldn't be blamed for this, after all, they had a reason to cheer. The most he could complain about was himself!

He looked at Mancini, who was standing motionless on the sidelines below, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and cursed in a low voice: "That idiot!"

When he was at Manchester City, he frequently changed head coaches at the beginning in order to achieve results, but not only did the results not come out, but there was also a continuous downward trend. Later, the people around him told him that the tradition of English football was not to frequently change head coaches, but to give the head coach enough time, so he gave Mancini enough time, and at one time Mancini did give him hope. Manchester City went from a team that could only be a bystander to a strong contender for the league title, and even defeated their arch-rivals Manchester United 6:1 at Old Trafford.

Everything looked so beautiful, and if it continued to develop according to this momentum, it wouldn't be far off for Manchester City to surpass Manchester United and become the de facto ruler of the Premier League.

Who would have thought that at this time, Chen Hero transferred from Napoli to Liverpool.

Then everything changed, and the subsequent development of the story began to deviate from Mubarak and Mancini's vision. They suddenly realized that Manchester City was no longer the protagonist of this story, and the protagonist had become Liverpool, where Chen Hero was.

Mubarak still gave Mancini time and trust, and he satisfied whatever he wanted.

What was the result of this? Losing the league title at the last moment for two consecutive seasons, Manchester City being firmly suppressed by Liverpool, and this season's goal changing from competing for the league title to competing for a Champions League spot...

Mubarak began to seriously consider a question—he had given Mancini a lot of time, proving that he could only bring the team to this level. So, if he wanted to take Manchester City to the next level, was it time to change the head coach?

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While Mubarak was considering the future of Manchester City, the game on the field had already restarted.

After Liverpool equalized, their morale was high, and they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal.

Manchester City's morale plummeted, and this time they could only shrink back and defend. They simply couldn't come up with any other way to counterattack except for defense.

Now they could only hold on until halftime to catch their breath.

Mancini was standing on the sidelines, his face still not recovered. But at this time, it wasn't because Chen Hero deliberately provoked him, but because he was thinking about how to deal with Liverpool... The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this problem was too difficult to deal with. If he knew how to deal with Liverpool, he wouldn't be so embarrassed!

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Until the end of the first half, although Liverpool didn't score, Manchester City didn't have any counterattacks either.

Although it was only a draw, many people believed that Liverpool was destined to win this League Cup final.

Because Liverpool's morale had already risen, while Manchester City's morale continued to decline, and Mancini couldn't come up with any solutions at all. He stood on the sidelines for twenty minutes in the first half and couldn't come up with any adjustments. Of course, some people might say that Mancini might have already had a plan in mind and was just waiting to make adjustments at halftime... That's also right. But as a head coach, you should at least shout a few words on the sidelines to boost morale.

No, Mancini didn't do anything. Obviously, he was still troubled by this problem, a problem that troubled him until the end of the first half...

Until the end of the first half, he hadn't come up with any solution.

So, during halftime, his brows were furrowed even more tightly...

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Although it was only a draw, the Liverpool players' mood was very happy and relaxed when they returned to the locker room. On the one hand, of course, it was because Chen Hero's goal helped the team equalize the score, and on the other hand, it was because Liverpool had always had the upper hand when facing Manchester City in the past few seasons, both in terms of results and process, so the Liverpool players had a psychological advantage and naturally didn't take this opponent too seriously.

The same result was a completely different situation in the Manchester City locker room.

Mancini was still futilely boosting the team's morale, saying things like "We must go all out in the second half" and "It's just a draw right now, and both sides have equal opportunities, so as long as we can score a goal, the balance will be broken, and we can regain the lead."

Although these words were all correct, what was the use of just saying a few words like this in the current situation?

At this moment, the team's number one star, Aguero, finally couldn't help but snort, and then stood up and said to Mancini: "Boss, stop saying these useless platitudes! Just tell us what to do in the second half to defeat this damn Liverpool! Tell us, come up with an idea, and we'll follow it."

If Mancini knew what to do, he wouldn't be so frowning.

It could be said that Aguero's words hit him in his weakest spot. As the saying goes, "Don't hit someone in the face, don't expose someone's shortcomings," Aguero was exposing Mancini's shortcomings.

Mancini was a little surprised by this public challenge to his authority in the locker room, but then came anger.

A player suddenly launched an attack during the halftime break, questioning him as the head coach. The situation was already very serious!

He initially suppressed his anger and didn't argue with Aguero, choosing to ignore Aguero and continue to encourage his players.

But this time, Aguero clung to him tightly, constantly questioning him, as if he wouldn't let him go unless Mancini said something.

"Tell us! Stop saying these empty words, just tell us how we should specifically deal with them! Tell us the method!"

Seeing that Mancini ignored him, Aguero became even more arrogant. He simply interrupted Mancini's words and turned to his teammates and said: "He has no way at all! Yes, none at all! Not just this game! If there was, we would have defeated Liverpool long ago! But we haven't won a single game! So, there's really no way, right?"

Aguero turned around and looked at Mancini, whose face was pale.

That's right, this was a coup, he wanted to overthrow this damn head coach, no matter who the successor was, as long as it wasn't Mancini, he would be happy!

He wanted to let the Manchester City boss see his ability. He wanted to take control of the discourse in the locker room!

You want me to renew my contract with you, don't you? Then let me get the status I deserve!

The highest salary in the whole team could no longer satisfy Aguero.

Mancini didn't expect Aguero to dare to challenge him to his face. He stared wide-eyed, looking at Aguero with shock and anger, as if the person in his eyes wasn't the Argentine genius he was familiar with, but an unheard-of monster!

"What are you talking about, Aguero!" he angrily questioned the Argentine.

All he got in return was the Argentine's contemptuous sarcasm: "Admit the fact, Mancini. You have no way, do you?"

The Manchester City players in the locker room were all dumbfounded—they didn't expect Aguero to confront the head coach during the halftime break!

This... this is a big deal!

For a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to this matter. As for the half of the League Cup final that was left? Who cared about that!