The referee then blew his whistle, signaling that Keane could serve.

Thus, in the eyes of the more than 20,000 fans at the Hawthorn Stadium.

Keane took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, and stepped back with his right foot.

Then his right foot lashed out at the ball like a whip, striking the ball precisely on its underside with the inside of his foot.

Then the football flew towards the goal with a strong inward spin.

Howard's image then appeared on the stadium's big screen.

The fans in the stadium, Blackwell on the sidelines, Bates and shareholders at the top of the stands all focused their attention on Howard's figure as he leaped high into the air.

From the moment he saw Keane take the corner kick, Howard, with his mind highly focused, was silently calculating the ball's trajectory.

Then, just one second later, he made his own judgment on the landing point.

So he made a decisive move, aiming to catch the ball in the air before anyone else could touch it, and then launch West Brom's final counter-attack with a powerful throw-in.

He did the same thing many times at Leeds United over the past three months, which made him the savior of Leeds United.

And today, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will become West Bromwich Albion's savior.

But that's how strange things are in this world; if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is bound to happen.

Just as Howard's arm, stretched to its limit, was about to touch the soccer ball.

The football, spinning wildly in the air, suddenly seemed to be blown by a strong wind, its trajectory changing in a bizarre way. It dodged Howard's hand and, before everyone's eyes, nestled into the bottom left corner of the goal!

The moment the football smashed into the goal, the once bustling Hawthorn Stadium suddenly fell silent.

A moment later, a whistle, clearer than ever before, came from the referee's mouth.

West Bromwich Albion lost 1-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, marking their sixth consecutive defeat.