Chapter 16 A Slanging Match

Aguero's provocations drew many people from both sides into the fray, and it only ended when Chen Hero came out to speak, ending the debate over whether his scoring in sixteen consecutive games was something to be proud of.

But the war of words between the two teams would not stop there.

Until the game started, both sides were spitting venom at each other.

Chen Hero was always the topic of conversation, and the arguments were almost always about him.

After questioning the value of Chen Hero's sixteen consecutive games with goals, Manchester City started to mock Chen Hero's declaration of an early league title.

They believed that Chen Hero's arrogance had exceeded the limits of what humans could imagine.

Chen Hero retorted, "Losers who have lost the league title at the last minute for two consecutive seasons have no right to bark in front of me!"

This time, Manchester City did not remain silent, but became even more furious. All kinds of abuse flew towards Chen Hero, like arrows shot at him.

But it was not easy to get Chen Hero's knee hit by an arrow. He was the type of person who thought, "The more you scold me, the happier I am."

This was the first large-scale war of words he had encountered after obtaining the "I am MT" achievement title, and he found that the achievement title really worked. He was taking on the entire Manchester City team single-handedly, and Martin O'Neill really did not come out to stop him from engaging in frequent verbal sparring with the other side.

Neither supporting nor opposing, he really turned a blind eye.

Martin O'Neill was not good at this kind of war of words, but Chen Hero liked it very much and was in his element.

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The war of words was just a warm-up for both sides' game, and the real contest depended on the game.

This game was Liverpool's home game, so Chen Hero had a question that he particularly could not understand. He asked his question before the game, but no one could answer it for him.

"What I don't understand is, since I joined Liverpool, where does a team like Manchester City, which has never won against Liverpool, get the courage and confidence to provoke us when they come to Anfield as guests?"

The Liverpool players had a very consistent reaction after hearing his question. They all burst into laughter first, and then felt strange.

Yes, if this were at Manchester City's home stadium, it would be understandable for Manchester City to be so madly provocative, because their provocations would at least have the advantage of home field advantage as their foundation and capital.

But now they were coming as guests, and Liverpool was at home. What good would it do for Manchester City to provoke them like this, other than to anger Liverpool and make them lose even more miserably?

In fact, it was not only the Liverpool players who were puzzled, but some Manchester City players themselves were also puzzled—yes, were we so frantically attacking Liverpool and Chen Hero before, really a kind of psychological warfare?

Only Mancini was smiling wryly.

He didn't want to play any psychological warfare with Liverpool before this game.

Aguero's firing was completely unexpected by him. Aguero had never participated in this kind of argument before. He seemed to be more interested in the rumors about him going to Real Madrid.

He did not expect Aguero to suddenly jump out and fiercely attack Chen Hero, and then trigger a big argument.

In fact, this was completely an accident, stemming from the hatred of Manchester City players and Manchester City fans for Liverpool, especially for Chen Hero.

It was precisely because they had this kind of emotion that they appeared so excited, and a spark of fire made their anger rage like a prairie fire.

So this war of words was really not in his plan…

Mancini also felt that as long as he encountered Chen Hero, many things that were not in his plan would always appear.

But in fact, Mancini was mistaken on one point, a fundamental point. If this point was wrong, then any conclusions he came to next would be wrong, because his direction was reversed from the beginning—Manchester City was not angry with Chen Hero, but afraid!

Whether they were fans or players, deep down in their hearts, they all had a nightmare called "Chen Hero" lurking, devouring their confidence and gnawing at their hope. Whenever this name was mentioned, the fear in their hearts would begin to stir, causing them to make all kinds of激烈的举动 (ji lie de ju dong, intense actions), even if some of these actions were not very understandable.

It was just like a person screaming after being frightened.

They were frightened by Chen Hero, so even if Chen Hero did not speak, just standing in front of them, they would not be able to help but scream in horror.

Just like the boos on the stadium…

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Although there were not many Manchester City fans who came as guests, they still let out huge boos when Chen Hero appeared.

But this booing did not last long. After all, this was Liverpool's home stadium, the territory of Liverpool fans. If they allowed the opposing fans to insult their idol so unscrupulously on their own territory, it would really be a great shame for all Liverpool fans!

The songs of the Liverpool fans quickly overwhelmed the boos of the Manchester City fans.

From the change in this sound, Chen Hero could hear that the two sides' fans had engaged in a battle. He thanked the Liverpool fans, but did not take the boos of the Manchester City fans to heart.

He had never regarded the boos of the enemy as a burden on himself. He had always believed that boos were a means for the enemy to show their weakness and fear.

The louder the boos he heard, the happier he should be. Because that showed that his opponents were very afraid of him.

It was just like a person who was obviously scared to death of the person in front of him, but for the sake of face, he still had to muster up the courage to shout loudly: "Don't think that I'm afraid of you, it's as easy as turning my hand to kill you!" But if the other person really raised his fist, he would definitely run away with his head in his hands, guaranteeing that he would run faster than anyone else.

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Aguero was very excited, active, and positive in this game. This may have had something to do with his pre-game provocations.

If he loudly provoked Chen Hero before the game, and then performed like a sleepwalker in the game, then he would be the laughing stock of everyone. He knew this, so he worked very hard in the game.

He wanted to prove with his actions that he was not jealous of Chen Hero, but had real talent and learning. If he were put in Chen Hero's position, he could also complete his great achievements.

So he wanted to score a goal.

His speed and agility, as well as his skills, were the best weapons to deal with Liverpool's tall defensive line.

He firmly believed that as long as he could score the first goal and break the deadlock, he could make the development of the game more favorable to his side.

He who leads the ox does not want to be the ox that is led by the nose.

But everyone knows that there are not so many wishful thinking things in this world—you can do whatever you want. That is impossible.

Aguero wanted to score first, so could he score first?

No!

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Just when Aguero was racking his brains to find a way to score first, someone had already achieved this goal.

In addition to the grudges between Liverpool and Manchester City in this game, there was another very important highlight, that was whether Chen Hero could score in the seventeenth consecutive league round, thus creating a new record that Gerd Müller could only look up to.

Before the game, the war of words between the two sides was in full swing. In fact, everyone did not know that Chen Hero was already qualified to represent Liverpool and spit at other opponents. When they saw Chen Hero jumping up and down, fighting the entire Manchester City team by himself, they all thought that this was Chen Hero's way of relieving pressure.

What kind of pressure was he relieving?

Naturally, it was to relieve the pressure of him about to create the greatest record.

He was standing on the threshold of a new record, so naturally he was under pressure. Too much pressure would crush him, so he had to relieve it. How to relieve it? Arguing with people was a very good way, which could divert his attention and release his emotions and pressure.

So everyone felt that Chen Hero's pressure in this game should not be light, and his performance would also be affected by the pressure, and would not be so good…

But no one expected that Chen Hero seemed to be completely unaware that he was breaking the record. He scored a goal only seven minutes after the start of the game!

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"Hero! Hero!" The commentator was calling his name.

"Hero! Hero! Hero!" The fans in the stands were also calling his name.

At this moment, the entire Anfield could only hear this sound.

Apart from his name, no other sound could emerge.

Just now, Chen Hero used a cold shot from outside the penalty area to break through the goal guarded by Joe Hart.

His shot was very sudden and quick, and the football scurried forward close to the grass. This kind of ball is the most difficult for the goalkeeper to save. Regarding this point, British scientists had calculated that the speed of the football rushing forward was faster than the speed of the goalkeeper's body falling down.

From a posture point of view, this kind of falling side save is also the most uncomfortable for the goalkeeper…

Joe Hart was tall and had long arms, but he was not able to save Chen Hero's shot. His shot was too sudden, and Joe Hart did not react in the first time.

The football flew into the goal before him.

How would Chen Hero celebrate this record-breaking goal?

He jumped onto the advertising board and raised one hand to the sky. The teammates who swarmed in did not hug him, but knelt on the ground in a worshipful manner.

Not only them, but all the Liverpool fans in the audience were constantly calling his name and making the same action!

The entire Anfield stadium was in worship!

"Great goal! Great moment! Great player creates a new great record!"

The commentator shouted excitedly.

"Goals in the seventeenth consecutive league round, he did it! Hero has become the number one person in the world of football! The legendary bomber Gerd Müller has also been left behind by him! Now every goal he scores in a game is writing a new history!"

"It's simply unbelievable! Chen Hero's new record will come so quickly, so early, so… easily! Everyone thinks that breaking a record should be a very difficult thing, requiring full effort, and then looking at the face of luck. But Chen Hero has once again subverted the common sense in our hearts, he has created the record so easily, it's as common as eating and breathing!"

"This is a new record, this is a record that belongs to Chen Hero! He is simply a record-breaking machine! He is this… terrifying… record destroyer!"