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When Liverpool attacked, Chen Hero, who was originally in the penalty area, turned and ran out of the penalty area, while raising his hand.

He was asking his teammates for the ball. He wasn't worried that his gesture would reveal his intentions to his teammates. So what if they did see through it? Chen Hero now had such domineering confidence.

I'm not afraid, bring on whatever moves you have!

"Hero receives the football. He now has his back to the direction of attack. The Everton defenders are immediately faced with a formidable enemy!"

The Everton defenders were indeed facing a formidable enemy.

Especially the center back Distin, who was responsible for defending him.

As the tallest center back in this defensive line, if he didn't defend Chen Hero, who would?

Seeing Chen Hero run out of the penalty area, he followed him.

In any case, when Chen Hero had the ball, there couldn't be no Everton defender behind him.

His strategy was to stick close to Chen Hero, while constantly interfering with Chen Hero's ball control from behind. If possible, he would directly steal the ball from behind.

It wouldn't matter if the movements were a little rough. This was the Premier League, after all. What would it look like if the referee blew the whistle for every tiny bit of physical contact?

But he could hardly see the ball at Chen Hero's feet. Chen Hero was protecting the ball very well.

He could only try to poke the ball based on feeling.

The disadvantage of doing so was that he couldn't aim accurately, and many defensive actions were superfluous.

Actually, he knew this, but his main purpose was to stall for time, waiting for the support of his surrounding teammates to surround Chen Hero, which would make it much easier to steal the ball.

How could Chen Hero give him such an opportunity? He feinted with his upper body, pretending to break through to his left, which made Distin shift his center of gravity. Chen Hero's right foot suddenly pushed the ball to the right side of his body.

So far, this was just a relatively ordinary feint, nothing special.

In fact, Distin quickly realized that he had made a mistake. Fortunately, his center of gravity hadn't shifted too much, so he still had a chance to correct this mistake. It wasn't too late to mend the fold after the sheep were lost.

Therefore, he immediately reversed his center of gravity and turned back.

But as soon as he turned back, he felt tremendous pressure!

Because Chen Hero pressed down on him like Mount Tai!

When Chen Hero turned around, unlike those very agile players who try to avoid physical contact and use their agility and speed to complete the turn,

so that their turning speed only needed to be faster than the defensive players, that was no problem.

Chen Hero wasn't like that. He not only didn't avoid physical contact, but he also actively sought it out. Just like this time!

When he turned around, he leaned back, directly pressing down on Distin's body, and then used Distin's body as a supporting axis to turn 180 degrees!

And Distin? Because he was firmly pressed behind by Chen Hero, he couldn't react for a while, nor could he adjust his center of gravity multiple times in such a short period of time. He could only honestly act as Chen Hero's pillar... So everyone didn't expect that Distin's defense would invisibly help Chen Hero!

"Hero! Turn! Beautiful! He turned past!"

"At the same time as Hero turned around, Distin was firmly stuck behind him, with no way to do anything!"

Amidst the commentators' exclamations, Chen Hero completed his turn. At the same time as he turned, his left foot also gently tapped the ball forward, allowing the ball to complete its turn as well.

Now he squeezed into the penalty area with both the ball and himself!

When Distin felt the pressure on his body suddenly lighten, all he could see was Chen Hero's back...

Unwilling, he chased after him, wanting to steal the ball.

How could Chen Hero give him such an opportunity? If he entered the penalty area and still allowed the opponent to poke the ball away from behind, ruining his important affairs, then he would be stupid enough!

Chen Hero had just entered the penalty area and didn't dribble the ball further inside. Instead, taking advantage of the fact that Everton's defense hadn't formed a complete encirclement, he shot directly with a powerful shot!

The football shot straight into the lower left corner of the goal like a cannonball.

Although goalkeeper Howard made a save this time, Chen Hero's shot was at a very tricky angle, beyond his reach!

"Hero! Hero! Hero—!!!" Liverpool's old commentator shouted hoarsely again.

As long as Liverpool fans heard this kind of voice from him, they knew that a goal must have been scored!

Those fans who couldn't watch the TV broadcast and could only listen to the game on the radio could immediately learn about the latest situation.

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"Hero opens the scoring for the team! He has scored his twenty-third goal of the season!"

"Beautiful, Hero! Beautiful! Beautiful turn! Beautiful shot! Howard tried his best but couldn't stop this tricky shot!"

Amidst the commentators' cheers, Chen Hero squeezed out of the crowd. He ran to the camera near the corner flag and made boxer-like movements, throwing rapid jabs and hooks.

"Hero's goal is like a left hook, beautifully hitting Everton in the face, knocking them to the ground!"

The commentator immediately complemented his celebratory actions with witty remarks.

After completing his celebratory actions, his teammates also ran up, hugged him tightly, and celebrated the goal with him.

Above these players celebrating the goal were the cheering Liverpool fans, the already lively Anfield stands.

There was nothing better than leading the arch-rivals in a city derby!

"Liverpool! Liverpool!" Liverpool fans let out huge cheers, shouting Liverpool's name, putting tremendous pressure on the visiting Everton fans.

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Distin looked at Chen Hero celebrating the goal. He really didn't expect Chen Hero to get past him in this way... A seemingly ordinary and not-so-clever turning past, but he fully exploited his physical advantages, suppressing himself so that he couldn't move. He exerted all his strength, but it felt like pushing a mountain, impossible to move!

He could only watch helplessly as the opponent used him as a fulcrum to complete the turn.

Now he thought that if he hadn't rushed up with his head down at the beginning, but had chosen to step back, maybe the opponent would have fallen to the ground due to loss of balance?

Why was he so stupid?

But in that situation, it seemed that there was only one thought in his mind: "Rush up!"

Perhaps he was always a little unconvinced—his body wasn't considered weak either. He was one meter ninety-one tall and weighed eighty-five kilograms. That could be considered a strong physique. Why should he admit defeat in front of Chen Hero? Everyone said Chen Hero was as strong as a bear, so he just had to have a showdown with such a person to see who was stronger.

He didn't expect that this competition would be a complete defeat for him, a crushing defeat, losing even his underwear—not only did he lose in the one-on-one battle with Chen Hero, but he also caused the team to lose a goal.

Everyone knew what it meant to concede a goal first in such an important match as the city derby.

It would have a heavy blow to their morale.

Everton hadn't won against Liverpool at Anfield for twelve years. Although history was like fleeting clouds, it could become heavy dark clouds pressing on everyone's hearts at the most critical moment, affecting the players' performance.

No one wanted to see this embarrassing record continue for another year, right?

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When Chen Hero scored, the TV broadcast gave a shot of the VIP box. In the shot, Chen Hero's girlfriend, Christine Cabrall, stood up from her seat and applauded Chen Hero's goal.

"Cabrall is very calm. It seems that she is used to Chen Hero's goals—which is normal. She used to live under the same roof as Chen Hero for three years. It's impossible that she hasn't seen Hero's game..."

"With a beauty by his side, Chen Hero is very motivated in this game. It seems that Everton is going to be unlucky!" Finally, someone touched on the truth!

But it was useless because the people of Everton didn't know!

After Chen Hero finished celebrating the goal, he did wave towards the location of the box. He was greeting Cabrall.

The camera immediately followed, and Cabrall also waved back.

"The two are in love..."

The commentator said enviously.

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Chen Hero's goal gave Liverpool the lead, and the situation was even more favorable to Liverpool. Liverpool played more easily. Relying on their home advantage, they launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Everton's goal.

However, they didn't score. Because Moyes directed the team to defend with all their strength, not even wanting counterattacks. The most important thing was not to concede a goal in the first half. He knew very well that after Chen Hero scored, Liverpool's morale would definitely be high. If Everton still wanted to press out to attack and equalize the score as soon as possible at this time, the final result would definitely be a more miserable death, conceding another goal before the end of the first half, and then the game would completely lose its suspense.

So Moyes knew that as long as they didn't continue to concede goals in the first half, there would still be hope in the second half.

Moyes had prepared for this game for a week, just to allow the team to defend Liverpool's attack. Therefore, when Everton really went all out to defend, Liverpool couldn't break the deadlock in a limited time.

The time in the first half quickly came to an end. The referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The score was temporarily fixed at 1:0, with Liverpool temporarily leading thanks to a goal from Chen Hero.

A one-goal lead wasn't safe, so the trailing Everton players didn't look frustrated and disappointed when they came off the field, with their heads lowered and their morale low. The Liverpool players didn't look too happy either. Leading by one goal at home wasn't really something to be happy about.

"Hero's goal in the first half gave Liverpool the lead. But this is only temporary. It doesn't mean that the second half will continue to follow the trend of the first half. Because please remember, this is the Merseyside derby, the most explosive derby in Premier League history. Never declare victory in advance, and be careful of being happy too early!"