His League Debut: Coming on as a Substitute!

The 59th minute.

Wenger first took center back Eboue off, then brought on forward Little Tiger, Walcott.

Trailing by a goal, Arsenal had to step up their attack.

This substitution fired the first shot in Arsenal's counterattack.

The moment Little Tiger, Walcott, came on, he threatened Liverpool's defense.

The 60th minute.

Walcott received Wilshere's pass and burst forward with a heavy touch.

Liverpool's Agger was instantly beaten for pace by Walcott.

After charging into the box, Walcott swept the ball across the face of goal. Chamakh, faced with a chance from point-blank range, blasted it high over the bar.

The shot made Wenger, who was watching from the touchline with his neck craned, angrily fling his arms.

Then, as if remembering something, Wenger turned to glance at the bench. To his surprise, Li Yufei was yawning and paying no attention at all.

Wenger was speechless at the sight, but still decided to follow his heart. "Fry, get up and warm up. You're going on."

Li Yufei heard him and froze. He had only been distracted for a moment, and hadn't expected Wenger to send him on so soon.

But Li Yufei wasn't one to back down. He jumped straight up and headed off to warm up.

"Come on, brother. You can do it!" Fabregas encouraged him as he left.

"Don't worry, mate. I doubt you'll even need to play this match. I can take care of Liverpool all by myself!"

Li Yufei didn't mince words. He hadn't even stepped onto the pitch, and he was already making a bold promise.

Fabregas hadn't expected Li Yufei to be so cocky, but still gave him a thumbs-up to humor him.

Van Persie, standing nearby, heard Li Yufei's words and curled his lip.

He'd always considered himself extremely arrogant, but compared to Li Yufei, he was practically a gentleman!

The 62nd minute.

During a stoppage in play, Wenger made his second substitution.

The fourth official raised the board, displaying a green 13 and a red 29.

The green 13 was Li Yufei's number, while the red 29 belonged to Chamakh, who had just squandered a golden chance by blasting the ball over the bar.

Li Yufei came on for Chamakh!

Chamakh saw that he was being substituted, and that the player replacing him was Fry, his most direct rival.

His face darkened, and his mood soured.

But he didn't dare show his displeasure in public. If the cameras, which covered every angle, caught it, the media would surely make a story of it.

Then Chamakh might not get any more playing time at all.

Given Wenger's standing and authority at Arsenal, if Chamakh truly upset him, a non-core player like him would be in for a rough time!

Chamakh gave Li Yufei a perfunctory hug, slapped hands with Wenger, then did his best to keep a neutral expression as he headed for the bench.

[ Ding! New mission! ]

[ Mission Name: League Debut ]

[ Mission Objectives: 1. Help the team come from behind to beat Liverpool ]

[ 2. Score a goal or provide an assist ]

[ 3. After scoring, declare your love to Taylor Swift in the box ]

[ Mission Rewards: Each objective completed grants 100 Intermediate Soft Rice Points. Complete all three objectives to receive an additional 100 Advanced Soft Rice Points ]

Hearing the strangely familiar mission objectives and rewards, Li Yufei felt a little speechless.

Seriously, system bro, you're being way too lazy. Are you just copying and pasting this?

Apart from changing AC Milan to Liverpool, did anything else change?

Still, he could complain all he wanted; Li Yufei was determined to do his best to complete the system's mission.

If he didn't take advantage of all his various "debuts" to earn Soft Rice Points, it would be hard to trigger another mission in a later match.

After all, the system didn't activate missions for just any random game.

In other words, unless a match was especially important or had great significance for Li Yufei as its host, the system wouldn't even give it a glance.

Liverpool manager Hodgson saw Li Yufei, whom he had criticized at the pre-match press conference, come on, but didn't think much of it.

As he'd said before, Li Yufei was far too raw in his eyes. At least for now, he posed no threat at all.

But he never imagined that the moment Li Yufei stepped onto the pitch, he'd make Hodgson eat his words.

The 65th minute.

Nasri carried the ball forward near the center circle as Gerrard tracked back step by step. Just as Gerrard was about to close him down, Nasri passed to Arshavin, who had dropped back to receive the ball.

Arshavin dribbled toward the right, then kicked the ball into the right side of the attacking third before Mascherano could close him down.

Walcott burst forward and managed to catch up with Arshavin's pass.

But Agger had already blocked off the route inside, making it difficult for Walcott to drive straight into the box.

So Little Tiger accelerated again and forced his way down the outside into the penalty area.

Agger was beaten by Walcott's sheer pace, but managed to force him into an almost impossible shooting angle.

In his eagerness, Walcott ignored Wilshere calling for the ball near the penalty spot and went for goal himself.

The ball struck the right post and rebounded into the box, where Liverpool's defense descended into chaos.

Arshavin went for the ball, but Skrtel got there first and cleared it.

But the clearance didn't go far. Diaby collected the ball outside the box and passed it across to Wilshere at the edge of the arc.

As soon as Wilshere got the ball, Mascherano grabbed hold of him. With no other option, Wilshere passed it back to Clichy.

Clichy, pushing up on the left, received the ball and took a quick look before lofting a high cross into the middle of the box.

At the crucial moment, Carragher won the aerial duel and headed the ball clear.

But Arsenal still controlled the area outside the box, and Wilshere moved up to take possession again.

This time, he spotted Li Yufei raising his hand on the left side of the box.

Trusting Fry's ability, Wilshere didn't hesitate and passed the ball straight to him.

As soon as Li Yufei received the ball, Glen Johnson closed him down.

In a physical contest, Li Yufei still wasn't a match for him.

But Li Yufei didn't give him a chance to impose himself. He immediately dragged the ball back, moving away from goal instead of toward it.

That left Johnson, who had been bracing himself for a direct charge at goal, completely wrong-footed.

Taking advantage of the split-second hesitation, Li Yufei dribbled again and drove into the box.

Johnson's mind caught up after that moment's delay, but his body couldn't. Instinctively, he twisted, but his feet stayed planted.

Then he lost his balance and crashed to the ground!