"Aguero!! Aguero!!! Beautiful! What a beautiful goal! This is Aguero's third league goal of the season, and he's challenging Chen Hero on the top scorer list! For the past two seasons, it was Chen Hero and Van Persie, but is it Aguero's turn to challenge Hero's dominance this season?!"

"He truly deserves to be the most popular player in Manchester City for the past two seasons! Aguero has once again proven his ability!!"

"So far this season, no team has been able to make Liverpool fall behind first; Liverpool always scores first... Now Aguero has done it! Manchester City has done it! This rivalry between these arch-enemies is indeed full of climaxes and is very exciting to watch!"

Seeing Aguero score, Mancini also jumped up from his seat. He raised his arms and cheered, celebrating the goal wildly with the people around him. His mood was the same as the Manchester City players on the field.

Liverpool has been oppressing us for too long, and we must settle both new and old scores!

Now this is a good opportunity. The day when Manchester City can finally hold their heads high in front of Liverpool is coming!

How could he not be excited?

However, next door, although they conceded a goal, Liverpool's coach, Martin O'Neill, did not seem very angry or frustrated.

Liverpool's tactical core is to score first and take the lead. This way, they will take the initiative and pull their opponents into their own game rhythm, forcing them to follow their lead.

The commentators are right, Liverpool has never conceded a goal first in the league this season.

Including other matches, Liverpool has only fallen behind first in the European Super Cup against Real Madrid.

For Liverpool, this is not entirely a bad thing, but a good thing, because it allows Liverpool players to accumulate experience by constantly encountering such situations.

For this team that is constantly being supplemented with new players and needs constant integration, experience is the most valuable.

Unfortunately, because Liverpool is too strong in the domestic league, such opportunities are rare. Now that they have finally encountered one today, they naturally have to study it carefully and accumulate experience in dealing with this kind of situation.

Therefore, seeing the team concede a goal, Martin O'Neill did not show any frustration at all.

This disappointed those who were waiting to see Liverpool make a fool of themselves.

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After conceding a goal, Liverpool experienced a brief moment of panic, but quickly calmed down again under the leadership of captain Gerrard and Chen Hero.

Gerrard stabilized the players through words and his leadership qualities.

And Chen Hero used his practical actions.

He took a long shot from outside the penalty area, forcing Joe Hart to make a wonderful save, startling the Manchester City fans in the stands and making them forget to boo once again.

Although Chen Hero's shot didn't go in, it gave the Liverpool players two hints. The first is that we still have Hero, what's there to worry about with him around? The second is long shots! Yes, long shots! It's raining today, and the field is slippery, so long shots are the best way to score.

Everyone, let's take long shots!

After Chen Hero took a long shot, Gerrard quickly followed suit.

These two are both masters of long shots.

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Martin O'Neill sat on the coach's bench, with his legs crossed, seeming particularly relaxed, not at all like the coach of a team that was behind.

He had made up his mind that this game and this situation were a rare opportunity for Liverpool to be tested.

He wanted to see how his players would deal with this situation. Therefore, he would not make any adjustments in the first half, nor would he exercise his power as coach.

If they couldn't handle their opponents in the first half, he would make adjustments during the halftime break.

He hoped that these players wouldn't make him wait too long.

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Martin O'Neill didn't have to wait too long indeed.

After determining the long-shot strategy, Chen Hero retreated and formed a battery with Gerrard, constantly bombarding Manchester City's goal.

It must be said that doing so was indeed very effective and very threatening.

This was a bit like Liverpool's tactics when they played Manchester United before. Chen Hero retreated, and Suarez went up. If the Manchester City players ran to defend Chen Hero, was Suarez a pushover? If they were afraid of Suarez's ability and didn't dare to step forward, then Chen Hero's long shots were not just for show.

What to do? This made them very conflicted.

Later, they figured it out – whoever has the ball is the biggest threat! If Chen Hero has the ball, then defend Chen Hero; if Suarez has the ball, then defend Suarez!

But even the best plans have their flaws.

In the thirty-sixth minute, Gerrard got the ball in front of the penalty area and pretended to take a long shot, attracting a swarm of Manchester City defenders to block him, but he passed the ball to Chen Hero on the right.

Chen Hero took a long shot directly without stopping the ball!

The ball zipped along the grass towards the goal.

Joe Hart made another world-class save!

He grazed it with his fingertips, and the ball hit the post, then bounced out from behind him and flew to the other side.

Just as the Manchester City fans were preparing to cheer for Joe Hart's wonderful performance, another figure in a red jersey appeared in their field of vision.

"Suarez—!!" With the commentator's loud roar, the Uruguayan striker easily pushed the ball into the empty net!

"Liverpool has tied the score!"

"Oh oh oh! Suarez! Suarez! He nimbly made up for the shot! Joe Hart made a very wonderful save the first time, but this time he was too late; he was still lying on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet... He can save Manchester City once, twice, three times! But he can't be Manchester City's savior every time!"

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Seeing Suarez score, Martin O'Neill smiled.

This was the Liverpool he wanted to see, maintaining enough confidence and composure no matter what the situation.

This is an essential quality for a top team. Top teams have experienced great storms, so how can they be easily frightened by any situation? That's not a top team; that's a nouveau riche.

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Manchester City coach Mancini was somewhat annoyed when his team conceded a goal.

He had finally gained a lead, and now it was gone just like that. How could he not be annoyed?

He was still hoping to rely on this lead to take down Liverpool in one fell swoop.

If the team could defeat Liverpool at home, he could take the opportunity to break the layers of shackles that were weighing on the Manchester City players' minds.

But looking at this momentum... it's a bit ominous!

Mancini would never admit it, nor would he realize that he, like the players, already had a psychological shadow over Liverpool. Even in his own home stadium, he lacked confidence and was always afraid of losing.

Feeling that the momentum was not right, Mancini made adjustments first. He asked the players not to press forward on a large scale for the time being, but to switch to defensive counterattacks.

As long as they didn't concede another goal, that would be good. Anyway, there were less than ten minutes left until the end of the first half. After these ten minutes, if there was anything that needed to be adjusted, he would arrange it during the halftime break.

As long as they didn't concede another goal, the team's morale wouldn't collapse.

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In the game, Chen Hero could clearly feel Manchester City's pullback.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to form a dead ball, Chen Hero said to Gerrard, "See that, Stevie? They're afraid of us; they're obviously afraid of us!"

Gerrard laughed, "You scored four goals against them in one game, and then five goals in another game; any normal person would be afraid."

Chen Hero also laughed, "Since they're giving me so much face, how can I let them down?"

"What are you planning to do?"

"Of course, it's to make them continue to be afraid!"

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Aguero was very dissatisfied with the team's tactical adjustments. According to his idea, the team should immediately chase after being tied, score another goal, and tell Liverpool that their equalizer was just a fluke. In terms of strength, Manchester City is still better. Want to win at our home stadium? Dream on!

Who would have thought that Mancini would choose a conservative tactic? Wasn't this clearly telling the other side, "We're very afraid of you; please don't attack us"?

Most importantly, the team's tactics were said to be defensive counterattacks, but in reality, they were just defending, and there was no counterattack at all. He was useless! Running around in the frontcourt, he gained nothing except wasting energy!

He waved to his teammates behind him in the frontcourt, signaling them to press up when attacking and provide him with enough support; otherwise, what was the use of just him and David Silva...?

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As the first half was about to end, Manchester City seemed particularly cautious, defending carefully and trying not to miss anyone. At the same time, they were also very careful with their actions in the front of the penalty area, not easily committing fouls.

Because they knew that there were several guys in Liverpool who were good at taking free kicks. They didn't want to give Liverpool another chance to score at the end of the first half.

As the saying goes: what you fear most is what comes.

When all the Manchester City players were nervous and even a little paranoid about not committing fouls, they still committed a foul...

Thirty-three meters from the goal, slightly to the right, Lescott bumped into Sanchez, who was cutting inside, during a defensive move in front of him.

It was hard to say whether Sanchez had faked a fall, but Lescott seemed very agitated after hearing the whistle. He kept signaling to the referee that Sanchez had faked a fall.

And the Manchester City players and coaches off the field also protested loudly to the referee, especially coach Mancini, who seemed very agitated. He pulled the fourth official to complain about Sanchez's fake fall.

Liverpool certainly wanted to defend their teammates and naturally refused to budge, believing that Lescott had indeed fouled Sanchez.

So, did he actually commit a foul? The slow-motion replay provided the answer. Lescott had indeed committed a foul, but Sanchez's fall was also slightly exaggerated...

But no matter what, this free kick was fine. Sanchez's exaggerated performance would at most cause everyone to argue about whether to give Lescott a yellow card.

The referee did not give a yellow card.

So there was nothing to argue about.

But the Manchester City players and coaches were still unrelenting, acting as if they would never let the referee off the hook if he didn't change his decision and give them a free kick in their own half.

Of course, the referee would not change his decision.

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While they were besieging the referee, Chen Hero and his teammates had already placed the ball.

Then, he watched coldly.

All he could see on the faces of these agitated Manchester City players was fear.

Since you're giving me so much face, how can I bear to disappoint you?

Alright! I'll satisfy you! Otherwise, wouldn't you be worried for nothing? Surely there can be no more painful and cruel thing in life than this, right?

Don't worry, I, Chen Hero, will never let anyone down. Since you're so afraid, I will naturally do my best to fulfill your wishes.