Chapter 1 Meryside Derby

With Chen Yingxiong in such excellent form, no one cared about the upcoming Merseyside derby anymore.

Although it was a city derby, although everyone said that there was no experience to speak of in a derby, although everyone felt that the fighting power of the weaker team in a derby would increase geometrically, giving the powerful city rivals trouble, and although there were precedents for other derbies.

But everyone believed that Liverpool, with Chen Yingxiong, would not fall in such a city derby. Liverpool hadn't lost a derby for many years before.

Now that Chen Yingxiong was in such good form, it was even more impossible to lose to Everton at home.

Before the game, many betting companies also said that they were not optimistic about Everton's comeback away from home, let alone winning against Liverpool, not even a draw. Even a small score loss wasn't likely, which meant that if you bet on Everton losing 0:1 or 1:2, you wouldn't earn much money.

Now the betting companies were actually very reluctant to open bets on Liverpool's games, because without any suspense, the punters would overwhelmingly bet on Liverpool to win.

A few psychologically twisted people who didn't feel comfortable unless they went against the masses were sure to lose money every time.

In this situation, there was not much money to be made from betting on Liverpool's games.

The public opinion was one-sided, the odds were one-sided, and Everton's players also very rarely didn't talk trash before the Merseyside derby to boost morale or anything. They were all silent. Very rarely, before the Merseyside derby, there was no trash talk between the two sides at all.

Chen Yingxiong was eager to try, wanting to use Everton to test his new "I Am MT" (Main Tank) achievement.

But Everton didn't show up at all, just shrinking into their shells, behaving very low-key.

This made Chen Yingxiong feel bored.

No fun!

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Having said so much above, wouldn't everyone think that what follows is a dramatic derby battle? Liverpool's players, due to their carelessness in the early stages of the game, quickly fell into trouble, and then Chen Yingxiong erupted in the locker room, shouting the slogan "I can lose anything, but I can't lose my momentum!" He entered a berserk state, and then scored three goals in the second half, helping the team complete a great reversal...

No!

That kind of game is too weak!

Chen Yingxiong was in such good form, how could he allow his opponents to score a few goals under his nose? That would be even more shameful to him than winning.

Winning might be more complicated. But scoring goals is simple, that's what I'm best at!

No one can steal my goals.

The game began, and Chen Yingxiong once again broke the deadlock for the team.

Two minutes and twenty seconds into the game, Chen Yingxiong used a long shot to blast open Everton's goal!

His goal directly ignited the atmosphere at Anfield. The game then entered Liverpool's rhythm.

Everton could only be led by the nose, without any power to fight back.

Even Everton's players showed a lack of fighting spirit.

Moyes didn't want to give up so early.

Unfortunately, Chen Yingxiong's aura was too strong.

Everton's players felt that even if we equalized the score, so what? They can still score goals, right?

How could they win the game playing with such emotions?

The final score was 3:0, Liverpool completely defeated their city rivals at home.

After the game, the commentator on the scene complained: "This may be the most boring Merseyside derby I have ever seen. The huge gap in strength between the two sides makes this game look like an ordinary league match, not a life-and-death city derby..."

As soon as the game ended, Everton's players quickly left the field, and while the game was not yet over, Everton's fans left twenty minutes early—they were already 0:3 behind at that time. Everton's fans saw no hope and no fighting spirit from the players, so they left early to express their protest.

Everton's players quickly left the stadium. For them, the nightmare was finally over.

But Moyes was very angry. He criticized his players' performance after the game, believing that their performance insulted the great spirit of Everton.

This caused a topic after the game, but it had nothing to do with Chen Yingxiong. He still had no chance to use his poisonous tongue skills to test whether the achievement title was real.

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Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the game against Everton, extending his consecutive scoring streak to thirteen games.

This result has tied his personal record for the longest consecutive scoring streak in the Premier League.

It can be said that he is now truly on the threshold.

If he stops here, he can actually write his name permanently in the history of the Premier League and even the English league. Because he not only has a thirteen-game consecutive scoring streak across seasons, but he also has a thirteen-game consecutive scoring streak in a single season, both of which are the highest records.

But if he wants to continue to move forward, he will create a brand new record!

This new record is something that no one in the history of English football has ever been able to create... scoring in fourteen consecutive league games!

Even Chen Yingxiong himself has only managed thirteen consecutive games at most, and that was done in two seasons.

"Now, Yingxiong is standing on the threshold of a great record, and his opponent... is not Wigan Athletic in the next round of the league, but himself! What he has to defeat is not only his past self, but also his current self. Under great pressure, what kind of answer sheet will he hand over?"

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If the media hadn't hyped this topic and reminded him, Chen Yingxiong would never have thought that he was about to complete the task...

He hadn't been keeping track of how many consecutive games he had scored in. Anyway, he would just score one game after another, and he would always be able to complete the goal.

Who would have thought that it would already be ten games so quickly...

But if you think about it, isn't that right?

Starting from the tenth round of the league, it is now the twenty-second round of the league, so isn't that thirteen rounds?

In the thirteen rounds of the league, he scored in every game. The most he scored was four goals in one game, which was in the tenth round of the league at home against Portsmouth. The least he scored was only one goal, which happened in six games.

Chen Yingxiong was very concerned about this task, because there was a reward after completing it.

In addition to a certain amount of experience, he would also be rewarded with an achievement—"Perseverance." This achievement can actually play a role in increasing the probability of scoring in consecutive games. Although it's not high, it might be able to play some unexpected role when you are not in good shape. This can reduce the probability of him falling into a goal drought.

Of course, two games without scoring is a goal drought for Chen Yingxiong... But no one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Chen Yingxiong has been in good form in recent seasons, but who can guarantee that he won't start to decline in a few seasons?

Moreover, achievements that have practical effects are not everywhere. You can't let it go when you encounter one, no matter how big its effect is.

Fourteen goals!

Chen Yingxiong felt wonderful just thinking about it. From now on, his name will always be in the hundred-year history of English football!

Scoring in fourteen consecutive games not only tests strength, but also requires luck. Chen Yingxiong doesn't believe that anyone will be able to surpass his record in a long period of time.

He doesn't even know if he can surpass it himself...

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Before the game against Wigan Athletic, Liverpool still had an FA Cup game to play.

This time, Martin O'Neill still sent out a full reserve team lineup, and Chen Yingxiong, as expected, entered the starting list.

Chen Yingxiong's teammates felt that he was very bored when they knew that he was going to play in the FA Cup again.

"Damn, Yingxiong, you're going to bully people again! Aren't you afraid that people will say you don't respect your opponents?" Liverpool's opponent in the fourth round of the FA Cup was Nottingham Forest from the Championship. Their strength was not strong. Even if Liverpool played away, they could completely defeat their opponents without any suspense.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Yingxiong?"

"Of course, I need goals now. Besides, isn't it good to get another championship back for everyone?"

Everyone was speechless. Chen Yingxiong was really a freak... It was rare to be so indiscriminate in his appetite. Moreover, he fought continuously, without missing a single game, and he still didn't have any problems with his physical fitness, which was also amazing. You must know that the team's rotation is getting bigger and bigger now, also because some people's physical fitness can't keep up.

Chen Yingxiong was the same as at the beginning of the season.

As for injuries... It's really hard to see Chen Yingxiong get injured once!

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Although Chen Yingxiong was assigned to the FA Cup squad, he still trained with the first team as usual, and did not train with the reserves.

Therefore, although the reserve team players knew that Chen Yingxiong would fight alongside them again, they only had this opportunity until the game. They couldn't see Chen Yingxiong before that.

After all, for Martin O'Neill, the league was more important, and the FA Cup was a game that was destined to be abandoned. Of course, he couldn't let Chen Yingxiong abandon the first team, run to the reserve team for two days of training, and then play in the FA Cup.

Although they didn't see Chen Yingxiong, he was still the focus of everyone's discussion in the reserve team these days.

Chen Yingxiong was now doing very well in the entire Premier League, and everyone was worshipping him. The Liverpool reserve team players also felt very proud, and felt emotional that their team could have such an outstanding star. Even the forwards who were robbed of their positions by Chen Yingxiong had nothing to complain about—he really had the strength, and they couldn't complain about it.

Now everyone felt that playing with Chen Yingxiong was an honor. After the first FA Cup game, they all found that their fame was even greater than before, because the person beside them was Chen Yingxiong... When they returned home, their relatives and friends also came to inquire about gossip news related to Chen Yingxiong, which made everyone feel more valued than before.

This was all brought to them by Chen Yingxiong...

Many young people were even more determined to work hard in training and games, and strive to be promoted to the first team as soon as possible. In this way, they could fight alongside Chen Yingxiong for a long time, instead of waiting for the FA Cup like now.

You must know that when they saw Adam Johnson, Inler, Sanchez, Suarez, Bale and others hugging and celebrating goals with Chen Yingxiong on TV and in the stands, they were so envious! Then they began to look forward to the feeling of high-fiving and hugging each other with Chen Yingxiong... Just thinking about it made them feel very good.

They didn't know why Chen Yingxiong had to give up his rest and participate in the FA Cup like a rib, and mix with them. They didn't care about this either. The FA Cup game was the only opportunity for them to have close contact with Chen Yingxiong, and everyone wanted to be in the starting lineup.

These days, assistant coach Clarke, who was in charge of the reserve team, found that the reserve team players' fighting spirit was much stronger than before, and everyone was more active in training.

He didn't know why, but for the upcoming FA Cup, this was obviously good news...