“Robin van Persie! His fourth goal of the season! Not many goals, but each one is deadly! Even though he has retreated to the second line, he is still the undisputed core of Arsenal!”

“Van Persie’s goal helps Arsenal take the lead at their home ground!”

“Liverpool thought they could easily take care of Arsenal away from home? They were so wrong!”

The stands of the Emirates Stadium were filled with cheers for Arsenal, and at this moment they completely took the upper hand.

So what if Liverpool are first in the league? This is our territory!!

Van Persie hugged his teammates after scoring, while Wenger waved his fists excitedly below.

Van Persie is in good form, and there is nothing wrong with his tactics.

Let's not think about Chen Hero, just play like this! We will definitely be able to take a victory at our home ground!

When Van Persie finished celebrating and walked back to his own half with his teammates, he turned his head and glanced at the coaching bench.

Wenger gave him a thumbs up.

The Dutchman smiled.

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“This is really a bad start for Liverpool. This season, they have basically been leading their opponents. There are very few opponents who have taken the lead against them, let alone taking the lead so early… Arsenal scored a goal in less than ten minutes, which is bound to disrupt Liverpool’s plans!”

The commentator was right. Liverpool players didn't expect Arsenal to score so early. It hasn't even been ten minutes since the start of the game. Some fans who arrived late might not have even found their seats yet…

Even the players on the field hadn't fully gotten into the game and were already a goal behind.

This blow is a bit big…

On the contrary, when Arsenal found that doing this could really score goals and that the effect was very good, they immediately became energetic.

After taking the lead, they didn't shrink back and wait for Liverpool to attack for a while. Instead, they continued their efforts and continued to attack Liverpool's goal.

And they really scored another goal in the twenty-fifth minute!

The goal scorer was still Van Persie!

“Walcott made a long pass directly from the backcourt into the penalty area… Robin van Persie!”

The commentator's volume suddenly increased. Along with his roar, Van Persie appeared on the left side of the penalty area. He glanced back at the football. Then he swung his left foot while running…

Foot to ball!

“Direct volley—shot!!”

“The ball is in! Beautiful! A world-class goal!! Van Persie! He scored twice and helped Arsenal lead Liverpool 2-0!”

“Oh oh oh! A great goal! An incredible goal! Van Persie showed us his golden left foot! He's not old at thirty!”

“It’s unbelievable! Van Persie’s second goal was so wonderful! He left Reina with no way to stop it!”

“Since the start of the new season, Liverpool has never been 0-2 behind in a game! This is a major crisis for them!”

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When Van Persie scored his second goal, the entire Emirates Stadium was boiling. No one could sit in their seats anymore, and the home fans let out a tsunami of cheers.

This season, Manchester United and Manchester City have both fallen at Liverpool's feet, and there are only a handful of teams that can beat them. Liverpool has become the strongest team in the Premier League in an invisible way, so Arsenal fans are very excited to have the opportunity to beat them. In addition, no team has been able to take a two-goal lead against them in the league this season, which makes Arsenal even more powerful…

In the storm of cheers, Van Persie ran towards the stands where the fans gathered with his arms open. Then he pointed to the Arsenal team badge on his chest and lowered his head to kiss it.

Everyone knows about his recent contract renewal with the club, and this kiss is a reassurance for all Arsenal fans—I, Robin van Persie, belong to Arsenal!

Sure enough, the Arsenal fans in the stands cheered even louder when they saw his action.

“Robin! Robin! Robin!! We love you! You are our flag!!”

Arsenal fans surged forward, all reaching out their hands, wanting to hug the no-longer-young Van Persie.

They once thought that captain Vieira would retire at Arsenal, but Vieira left the team. Later, they thought that "King of Highbury" Henry would retire at Arsenal, but unexpectedly, Henry went to Barcelona for the Champions League. Then they thought Fabregas would be Arsenal's new leader, but with Arsenal failing to win a championship for a long time, Fabregas responded to his parent team's call and returned to Barcelona. For a while, Arsenal fans didn't dare to look forward to the future, because no matter how they thought about it, the future was dark enough.

When Van Persie scored thirty-six goals in a season, they didn't dare to think that Van Persie would grow old at Arsenal. They thought that either Van Persie would leave them for the championship, or Wenger would sell him while he could still make some money.

But no, none of this happened. Van Persie is about to sign a new contract with Arsenal. This new five-year contract will allow Van Persie to retire at Arsenal!

No one thought that the young man who was still very young when he came to the team would be the one who persevered to the end…

Maybe he had wavered before, thought about leaving here to pursue honor. But in the end, he stayed, and that's enough…

“Thank you, thank you, Robin!!”

The fans shouted loudly.

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“This is Van Persie’s confession to the Arsenal fans. He is ready to grow old at Arsenal…” The commentator couldn’t help but sigh with emotion when he saw this scene. In the blink of an eye, it’s been almost ten years…

“Once a Gunner, always a Gunner!”

“Wenger’s decision to renew the contract with Van Persie was the right one. He conveyed this message to the ‘veterans’ in the team—the team may not abandon them after they are over thirty. This Arsenal needs the experience of the old people. These valuable experiences cannot be bought with any amount of money…”

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While the commentators and fans were moved by Van Persie's sincere outpouring of emotions, Liverpool was depressed and their morale was low.

Letting the opponent score two goals in the first twenty minutes of the game, it seemed like this kind of thing could only happen to their opponents, so how could it happen to them? Two goals behind, what's the point of playing this game?

Suárez held his head in his hands, rubbing his hair vigorously.

Gareth Bale stood on the spot with his hands on his hips, pursing his lips and shaking his head slightly.

Reina stood up and spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless to stop the ball. The opponent took a volley without stopping the ball, and it was aimed at the near corner. He simply didn't have time to make any effective saves at such a close distance. In fact, it was already very good that he was able to make a save at all…

Martin O'Neill stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed. You couldn't tell from his face what he was thinking now, and whether he still had a way to deal with the opponent…

Liverpool's old commentator was a little anxious after seeing this scene. He saw signs of discouragement on the players' faces, and he shouted loudly into the microphone: "Liverpool needs to cheer up! The game is not over yet! Although we are two goals behind, we have a full sixty-five minutes to do something!"

It's a pity that the players on the field couldn't hear his words.

Liverpool has only lost two games this season, one was a 1-3 loss to Valencia in the Champions League group stage, and the other was a 0-1 loss to Chelsea in the league.

They could say that they lost to Chelsea because Hero was not on the field, which affected the team's attack. But now that Hero is on the field, they are being beaten by Arsenal without any resistance.

This reminded them of the 1-3 loss to Valencia.

That game felt like this, trying hard to win, but just couldn't win… Especially when Valencia scored two goals in a row, turning the score to 1-3, it felt really similar to now!

The thought of "we're going to lose" emerged in the minds of many people.

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Chen Hero clenched his fists, loosened them, and then clenched them again, clenched them and then loosened them again.

It's been a long time since he's felt like this… feeling like he's been forced into a dead end.

Liverpool has been smooth sailing this season, and most of the time the game was over in the first half. There are also very few guys in the opponent's lineup who can call on him to go all out.

But today, that feeling is back.

He felt that if he didn't do his best, he probably wouldn't be able to help the team defeat Arsenal!

Challenge, come on!

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After the game restarted, Arsenal continued to attack aggressively. Liverpool's morale was completely suppressed, and they could only shrink their defense to avoid conceding more goals.

Liverpool really had a miserable time during this period.

Conceding two goals in a row greatly affected their emotions, and the players on the field were unable to concentrate.

They also had problems with unstable marking in defense…

“Ryo Miyaichi… That was close! His shot was slightly off! When he got the ball, there wasn't a single Liverpool player around him! Liverpool's defense completely forgot about the Japanese! This kind of problem doesn't usually happen to the Liverpool team!”

“In my opinion, Arsenal is very likely to score a third goal. Liverpool’s defense is now in turmoil and could collapse at any time… If Miyaichi hadn’t wasted such a good opportunity, maybe they would have locked in the victory and killed the suspense!”

Reina, who was quite frightened, got up from the ground and, regardless of his teammate's identity, roared at Agger: "Where's your man? Keep an eye on your man!! Damn it!"

Agger was naturally unwilling to be scolded, and he rushed up to reason with Reina, but Skrtel, with quick eyes and hands, pushed him away: "Okay, okay, let's leave it at that! You two calm down!" He turned his head and said to Reina.

Reina waved his hand unhappily.

Agger looked very angry: "This isn't my responsibility alone! He can't vent his anger on me for conceding two goals!"

Skrtel quickly comforted him: "Yes, yes, he was a little excited, don't take it too seriously... We have been very passive during this period, and everyone is a little upset... Okay, okay, it's nothing, let's go..."

The conflict between the two did not erupt, but it was still seen by many people.

“There is infighting in Liverpool. It seems that conceding two goals in a row has brought great pressure to the Liverpool players, making the players very nervous, so much so that there are quarrels between teammates…”

“If Liverpool continues to develop like this, losing the game is certain!”

Martin O'Neill, who saw this scene on the sidelines, frowned even tighter…