Nion had previously thought that Dalglish didn't value the flanks, so he frantically brought in central players. In fact, he had wronged Dalglish. As an old-school English coach, Dalglish still valued the flanks very much. In the past, English football was all about a tall center forward in front of the goal, with the two flanks taking turns to cross, feeding the center forward, and then using the center forward's super header ability to score.

Dalglish also used Shearer like this at Blackburn back then.

But the problem is that Liverpool doesn't have any flank players now!

Actually, that's not right. Liverpool does, but Dalglish just doesn't use them.

His strong recommendation to bring in Downing was rejected by the boss, but Nion's recommendation to bring in Adam Johnson was approved. He always believed that this was Nion's doing.

So he didn't use Adam Johnson at all. He didn't give Adam Johnson even a minute in two consecutive league games.

Nion didn't think Downing was worth 20 million pounds, but the problem was that Dalglish firmly believed that Downing would definitely bring great help to the team after he came. So it wasn't that he really didn't value the flanks, it was just that the flank players he wanted didn't come, and he was a bit resigned...

Damn it, you don't want the people I strongly recommend to bring in, then I won't use the players you bring in! I still have the final say in this team. You can put people on the team, but they still have to listen to me when they get to the team, right?

Dalglish had to prove to Nion and Chen Xing that his vision was not a problem at all, so after the league started for two rounds, he started the two players he strongly recommended, Henderson and Charlie Adam, who therefore played the full ninety minutes in both games. Meanwhile, Kuyt, who had always been a key player for the team, was placed on the bench.

Under Benitez, Kuyt was transformed into a defensive striker and winger. His running ability contributed a lot to the team, so he had been one of the players with the most appearances in the past five seasons. This season, he was on the bench for two consecutive rounds... This made many Liverpool fans unable to understand. In their minds, the hardworking Kuyt was not only popular with his teammates, but also very popular with the fans. Henderson and Charlie Adam were not as popular as Kuyt.

Dalglish insisted on having Henderson and Charlie Adam play at the same time. Both of these guys were actually midfielders. Charlie Adam was a little better, playing in his preferred position, because Gerrard was injured and hadn't recovered yet. Henderson was more tragic. Because of the war between the coach and the general manager, he was caught in the crossfire and played on the flank, which he wasn't good at at all. He started out as a defensive midfielder, and his defense was very good. There was no problem with Liverpool's defense on this side, but his off-the-ball movement and forward insertion when attacking were really... terrible. In terms of off-the-ball movement, he was not as good as Kuyt, and in terms of dribbling, he was far inferior to Maxi Rodriguez.

But Dalglish just wouldn't let these two play...

Even Adam Johnson didn't get any playing time.

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"Dalglish is too conservative. He should seek change... It's certainly a good thing to win against Arsenal, but we have to see how this game was won. In the seventieth minute, Emmanuel Frimpong was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards. Liverpool, with one more player, still couldn't do anything about Arsenal. If Ramsey hadn't scored an own goal in the seventy-eighth minute, Arsenal, with one less player, wouldn't have lost. Then, Suarez scored a goal for the team in the ninetieth minute to seal the victory... Look at how thrilling this game was!"

The next day, the media criticized Dalglish's tactics.

Although Dalglish has a huge influence among Liverpool fans, the media doesn't indulge him. They said what they had to say, and they wouldn't hesitate.

What's more, Nion was fueling the flames from behind?

While the media criticized Dalglish's tactics, the fans still supported Dalglish. After all, when Liverpool was in danger last season, Dalglish decisively stepped forward, coached Liverpool, and helped the team successfully escape relegation.

Based on this alone, Dalglish's position in the hearts of Liverpool fans was really not low.

They all believed that Dalglish was a true Liverpool person. Whether as a player or a coach, he represented everything about Liverpool!

Because Dalglish had revealed the conflict between him and Nion in an interview with reporters after Downing's transfer failed, banners supporting Dalglish and opposing Nion appeared in the stands of Anfield Stadium in the third round of the league.

This was the first public exposure of the conflict between the two giants in Liverpool's top management, a landmark event.

But the conflict between the two didn't attract much attention, because in this game, Liverpool thrashed Bolton 4:1 at home.

That wasn't the main point. Such games and victories were nothing rare.

The main point was that Chen Hero finally scored!

"He broke the two-round goal drought!!"

For some reason, when the commentator shouted this sentence excitedly, many people felt it was very funny...

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Chen Hero scored just fifteen minutes into the game.

It had nothing to do with the flanks. This time it was a corner kick. After the corner kick was taken, Chen Hero gave full play to his header ability and physical fitness, cutting a bloody path through the crowd, jumping high, and smashing the ball in the air into the goal!

"The ball went in! Hero scored!!" In China, Premier League games are no longer broadcast by national television organizations such as CCTV, but by local stations, so the coverage is naturally affected. However, the popularity of the Internet has also provided convenience for many fans who cannot receive signals from local stations.

At the moment when Chen Hero scored, the commentators of the local stations shouted one after another, looking even happier than Chen Hero himself. Chen Hero hadn't scored for two consecutive rounds, and everyone had been waiting, waiting a little anxiously.

"His best header! Beautiful!"

In the stands of Anfield Stadium, the fans also cheered.

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After scoring, Chen Hero breathed a sigh of relief. Damn it! The mission is finally completed!

This wasn't a great mission, and the rewards were nothing but experience, because the mission difficulty was too low. But Chen Hero found that the mission difficulty would automatically change, so he felt pressure. He didn't want to be looked down upon by the system...

Once this goal went in, he relaxed.

It wasn't just him who breathed a sigh of relief. Nion in the stands also breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe Chen Hero didn't know, but the fact was that he had become another battlefield in the struggle between Nion and Dalglish. What was Dalglish trying to do by starting the players he strongly recommended in every game? Wasn't it just to prove his vision?

Similarly, Chen Hero's performance could also prove Danyion's vision, although it didn't really need to be proven. But Nion felt that if Chen Hero couldn't score for a long time, he might lose to Dalglish.

However, Dalglish didn't have this idea for the time being. He also valued Chen Hero very much. He had always had a "traditional English center forward complex." Chen Hero had height, physique, technique, could head the ball, and could also shoot from long range, so he was considered an all-around center forward.

If he were to classify Chen Hero into Nion's camp, he could really do the act of keeping the trump card, which cost the club 70 million to bring in, on the bench. Anyway, he was the boss in the team. He had the final say. Even Chen Hero couldn't compete with him. Even Gerrard, he wasn't afraid of.

So he was still very happy that Chen Hero scored.

He stood up and cheered and applauded for Chen Hero's goal.

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Chen Hero scored a goal for the team in the fifteenth minute and opened the situation for the team.

The game after that was easier to play.

Henderson, who had been playing as a right winger, finally scored his first goal after joining Liverpool in the game, but this didn't mean that he was good at playing this position.

In the second half, Skrtel also used a corner kick opportunity to score a goal for the team. A minute later, Charlie Adam also used a long shot to extend the score to 4:0.

The game had lost its suspense at this point.

Bolton only scored a consolation goal in the ninetieth minute by Klasnic.

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After winning two consecutive victories, the criticism of Dalglish in the media suddenly decreased a lot, and the voices praising Dalglish took the upper hand.

Nion also knew that the media was like this, following the prevailing wind was their characteristic.

And if the team's results were good, he really had nothing to criticize Dalglish for.

Why did he want to seize Dalglish's power? It wasn't that he was obsessed with power, but because he thought that if Dalglish continued to play like this, Liverpool might be unlucky.

Ferguson also held absolute power in Manchester United, so why didn't anyone think about moving him? Because Manchester United's results were excellent under Ferguson's leadership!

For Liverpool to get rid of the decline of the past few years and regain development, an excellent coach is indispensable.

Last year, Dalglish was appointed in a time of crisis and helped the team successfully avoid relegation. But under Nion's pressure, Dalglish was definitely not the key figure in consolidating Liverpool's resurgence.

Using him last season was a choice out of desperation.

After all, Dalglish had not coached a top team for more than ten years. His thinking was conservative, and he was still stuck in the early 1990s. Last season, the team's goal was to avoid relegation, and he could still be competent. Now that Dalglish had been promoted from interim coach to full-time coach, the requirements for him were naturally different. Now Liverpool was not just about being able to stay in the Premier League. The club hoped that the team could qualify for the European competition next season, and if it was the Champions League, that would be the best.

In this regard, Dalglish was probably a bit uncertain...

Anyway, Nion was at odds with Dalglish this time. As long as the team's results didn't improve, he would not hesitate to ask Chen Xing to fire Dalglish and find another one.

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ps, Three chapters delivered, where are the monthly tickets!!