Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Battle Will Continue
When the game restarted, Benitez's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints as he discovered that the Liverpool players had changed his orders without permission, and they pressed them down.
Benitez wanted to vent his anger with a roar on the sidelines, or replace all the disobedient players on the field and put them in the cold, but when he saw even the veteran Hyypia rushing to the front with hot eyes, his heart gradually cooled.
Anyway, the score has been equalized, maybe, let them rush, maybe there is still hope?
Benitez comforted himself and then turned and walked back to the dugout, only if anyone looked behind him at the moment, they would notice that his back suddenly became a little stiff, and even his steps seemed unusually heavy.
Because Benitez understands that he is gradually losing control of this team.
In this team, every player in it was personally selected by him and brought to Liverpool personally, but at this time he suddenly realized that he could no longer understand what they were thinking, why did they disobey his orders? What went wrong?
Benitez sat in his head coach's seat, his chin in his hands, quietly thinking about his thoughts, although his eyes were still looking at the court, but his mind was completely off, his eyes were full of doubts and numbness.
Liverpool suddenly perked up in the singing of the fans, and also greatly caught Arsenal off guard, and only 5 minutes after Cesc Fabregas's goal, Liverpool miraculously overtook again.
Due to the conservative performances of the Liverpool players before, it gave Arsenal a delusion. So when the game kicks off, the Arsenal players continued to attack aggressively, and this time, Liverpool seized the gap of their left wing-back Klicy to assist, and Kuyt broke through the cross on this wing, and Torres, who followed up, although he did not grab the spot, interfered with Almunia's judgment, and Benayoun appeared in time for the goal at the back post and gently sent the ball into the goal with a light header.
The Liverpool players were ecstatic after the goal, and they collectively ran under the stands of the fans, holding hands. Raise your hand to thank the fans. It was the singing of the fans that brought them courage and strength, "you will never walk alone" is Anfield's eternal belief, and Liverpool fans will always be a solid backing that the Reds can rely on.
After the celebration, the Liverpool players were united. This time they didn't give Arsenal any more chances. They quickly retreated to the end. Arsenal's attack was kept firmly out of the box, and judging by their momentum, they were even more high-spirited than they were when they scored three goals in the first half.
And the Arsenal players also found that the situation that had been in place in the second half became a little difficult. When Liverpool really decided to defend as one, they could no longer invade their hinterland as easily as in the first 30 minutes, every attack was firmly blocked by Liverpool out of the 30 danger zone, and every player who took the team needed to face at least two or more Liverpool players to defend, time was slowly passing, and the hope of scoring goals was getting slimmer and slimmer.
At this time, Descartes, the sharp knife they relied on the most, was also struggling in the muscular quagmire.
When Liverpool decided to defend all the way, it was no longer Mascherano who defended Descartes, and there was another figure next to him that gave him a headache, Gerrard.
In the last encounter, although Descartes gave a stunner, but Gerrard's defense also impressed him, although this famous player who can attack and defend is not a full-time defender, but his physical fitness and experience have determined that he also has excellent defensive ability, and now a Gerrard and a Mascherano are dedicated to marking him alone, which is simply a "courtesy" that no one has enjoyed.
However, Descartes did not want to give up so easily, and the more difficult it became, the more interested he was in the challenge, having already scored two goals, and he wanted to score more in this exciting game.
Descartes struggled to even touch the ball for the next ten minutes, but he was a player who really played with his brains, and after finding that Gerrard and Mascherano were with him, he simply went deep into the box to see if the two were still interested in keeping up.
If Steven Gerrard and Pony follow up, there will be at least five men in the box to see if Liverpool will really let go of the rest of the Arsenal players altogether.
Gerrard and Mascherano really hesitated, Liverpool have two central defenders in the penalty area, Carragher and Hyypia, if they follow Descartes into it, then counting the goalkeepers, Liverpool really have half of the players in the box, so there will definitely be problems with the defense outside the box.
Most importantly, what player in the world needs four people to keep an eye on him at all times?
So after thinking about it for a while, Gerrard and Little Pony made a division of labor again, they were outside the big penalty line, intercepting any Arsenal player who wanted to enter the Liverpool box, while keeping a close eye on Descartes' movements, as soon as he ran out of the box, wherever he was, one of the two would follow him at any time, while the other maintained a helping defense in the rear.
This kind of defense is really "royal treatment" (Wenger's words after the game), but Descartes is not afraid, there are no airtight walls in this world, and there has never been a team that can say that the opponent will not give the opponent a chance in the whole game - except for the Chinese national men's football team against the Xiangyang Primary School girls' football team - so he firmly believes that he can wait for his chance after all.
This tenacious wait lasted until the 93rd minute of the game, when the referee frequently looked at his watch, when the Arsenal players were almost desperate, and finally appeared in front of Descartes without opinion.
The whole game was 93 minutes and 21 seconds, Arsenal attacked again, perhaps we can say that this was the last attack of the game, the helpless Walcott hoisted the ball from the side to the penalty area, at this time even Arsenal's defender Galla and others also rushed into the penalty area, the scene was chaotic, and the Arsenal players wanted to work hard. But Liverpool's players didn't want to give them a chance, so there were all kinds of confrontations in the penalty area, pulling, squeezing, pressing, hugging, each using their own means, and it was crowded.
However, in the crowd, Liverpool defender Carragher finally got to the ball, and he turned his mind a thousand times at the moment of the top ball, and finally threw the ball to the bottom line, because he knew it very well. If you push the ball out of the box at this time. Maybe Arsenal will be given a chance to shoot from distance, but if the ball is pushed off the line, the referee will definitely blow the whistle for the end of the game, and there will be no corner. Because the time has passed.
But things are always so wonderful. Carragher's header was a little less powerful. Although the ball flew to the bottom line, the amplitude was not high, if someone touched it on the way. Maybe there will be some twists and turns.
After Carragher landed, he secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that the ball would not have any accidents, but when his eyes were firmly fixed on the ball, a red-white figure suddenly appeared in his field of vision, and then the figure used an unconventional movement to hit the ball fiercely.
Shoulder, or arm?
In this moment of lightning, no one could see clearly what part of the man's body touched the ball, but as the ball was hit, it suddenly changed its trajectory in the air, and then, in the eyes of everyone, it fell headlong into Liverpool's net.
"Impossible! inconceivable! Unbelievable! Liverpool's on-site commentator used three words in a row to express his surprise, and after the surprise, he excitedly waved the microphone and shouted: "Handball, handball!" ”
The Liverpool players on the pitch all raised their arms, and the impatient Carragher even rushed to the referee's side, pulling him and patting his arm all the time, indicating that the ball was scored with his arm.
In fact, in the moment when the white horse passed through the gap, no one could see how the ball was scored, most people only saw Descartes rushing over, this air ball that was not tall or short made him very embarrassed, whether it was to raise his feet or leap into the fish seemed to be too late, so he threw himself sideways like this, and touched the ball with the closest part in the air, as for which part the ball was blocked in, it is estimated that even he himself could not tell.
Maybe it's the shoulder, maybe it's the arm?
Although the two parts are so close that people don't even notice the difference in normal times, on the football field, this subtle difference will determine the outcome of the match.
The shoulder, even if it's the shoulder, it's a good ball, and conversely, the arm, even if it's the top closest to the shoulder, it's a handball.
One goal can make the difference between life and death!
At this time, even the referee didn't dare to draw conclusions easily, he ran to the linesman in a few steps, and whispered to the linesman for advice, and the linesman also showed a look of embarrassment on his face, Descartes turned his back to him when he touched the ball, and his eyes couldn't see what was going on with the ball, so how could he judge?
The two muttered and discussed, and the linesman hesitated and said to the referee: "Since you can't see it clearly, don't easily erase it, those people above may like such a gimmick." ”
The people above he said were obviously referring to the group of guys from the Football Association.
The referee nodded, but asked with some hesitation: "But this is Liverpool's home ......"
"So what?" The linesman asked rhetorically: "No one can prove that the ball is a foul, we are justified and we don't have to fear anyone." ”
"You're right." The referee nodded, then returned to the middle of the pitch, blew his whistle in his mouth, pointed his hands at the midfield, and then lifted it up to the sky.
The goal is valid, the game is over!
The Liverpool players immediately stopped doing it, and rushed to the referee, who was obviously prepared for this, he took the whistle from his mouth and ran to the referee's bench with a puff of smoke, he didn't want to be beaten by the Liverpool players after the game.
The Arsenal players on the pitch were so excited that they rushed over to lift Descartes up, then threw two laps in the air before running back to the bench and celebrating wildly with their team-mates on the bench.
While Descartes was still patting the grass clippings on his ass, ready to take the most inhumane revenge on those who had just thrown him up and not picked him up, a somewhat angry voice suddenly came from behind him.
"It's a handball, this ball should be disallowed!"
He turned his head and saw Gerard with a little unwillingness in his coldness.
"Who knows?" Descartes shrugged: "Actually, I could feel the ball hit me in the face, but I can understand you, if we lose the ball at the last second, I will also think that the ball is invalid." ”
Gerrard opened his mouth and said nothing, but he gritted his teeth and said viciously to Descartes before turning around, "Our game won't end like this." ”
Descartes smiled and said calmly, "We'll see you next season." ”
Gerrard's back shook as he left, and then he walked briskly to the players' tunnel.
After the game, the best player was awarded to Descartes who scored a hat-trick and a last-second stunner, while the media debated the two issues.
First of all, of course, the decisive goal that caused tens of millions of fans to debate, was it the shoulder or the arm where Descartes touched the ball?
The media with good things analyzed the goal in slow motion, frame by frame, and finally they found that the part where Descartes touched the ball was the most prominent part of the shoulder and arm junction, this place, you can call it the shoulder, you can also call it the arm, of course, now in the hearts of Arsenal fans, this position is the shoulder, and in the minds of Liverpool fans, this position is the arm.
Until many years later, you can still know from the conversations of Liverpool fans that the outermost part of the collarbone is called the arm, not the shoulder......
On the other hand, Manchester United have just beaten Wigan Athletic 2-0 at Old Trafford, and the gap between Arsenal and them has been stretched to six points.
With five games left and a six-point difference, Arsenal wants to win the title, is there still a play this season?
There are unscrupulous media who take this topic to respond to Descartes, but Descartes' answer is extremely tough: "If we don't fight until the last moment, none of us know the result, we won't admit defeat in advance, we still have three games with Manchester United, and after these three games, we'll take a look!" ”
His implication seems to be to completely bring down Manchester United through these three games.
Are you ready to deal with this arrogant Italian brat? (To be continued......)