This is bad! Cech's heart lurched.
The ball was simply too fast, with vicious spin on it. He had no way of judging its exact direction!
Whoosh...!
The ball skimmed past the post and slammed into the net!
"Goal!!"
"Chen Anno scores directly from the free kick!!"
Zhan Jun's voice instantly rose to its peak. "0:1! Liverpool draw first blood! This is Super Anno!!"
The away stand at Emirates Stadium erupted instantly!
The Liverpool fans who had traveled all this way unleashed thunderous cheers!
A sea of red churned wildly through the stands!
After scoring, Chen Anno spread his arms and charged toward the corner flag, leaping high before punching the sky!
His teammates rushed over and surrounded him.
"This is Chen Anno!"
"Even playing as an attacking midfielder, farther from goal, he was still Super Anno—the man who could change a match at any moment!"
After taking that blow, Arsenal had no choice but to step up their attack early.
Wenger kept waving from the touchline, signaling for his players to push forward.
Arsenal's attacks began surging into Liverpool's half one after another.
Aubameyang kept drifting around up front, looking for opportunities.
Mahrez and Welbeck were also repeatedly charging at Liverpool's defense down both flanks.
Liverpool's players began to feel genuine pressure.
But they had long been prepared for all of this. No one backed down.
Chen Anno returned near the center circle and held down the midfield, calling out from time to time.
"Stay steady! Don't panic!"
"Control the tempo!"
"Virgil, watch your back!"
At only twenty-one, he was like a battle-hardened general, firmly controlling Liverpool's rhythm amid a hail of fire.
The real test of the match was still to come.
After conceding, Arsenal were like a beast thoroughly enraged.
Wenger kept waving from the sidelines, signaling