Arsene Wenger's confidence came from Descartes, who was quietly watching the situation on the pitch on the bench.

451 is a strong defensive formation in the eyes of many people, and it was not until Arsenal emerged this season that it rewrote a series of Premier League goal records with this formation, and its aggressiveness was not taken seriously.

But everyone knows that Arsenal did not intend to play 451 at the beginning, since the pre-match training camp this season, Wenger has been advocating 433, the reason why Arsenal played 451 in the league is because of the unbearable first half of the Charity Shield match with Manchester United.

As the advocate and on-field commander of Arsenal 451, Descartes clearly has a different understanding of this formation than any other player.

The three midfielders took turns attacking the middle, a style of play that Descartes first used in his game against Manchester United, when Arsene Wenger was struggling with the fear of whether his men were going to take the reins and had no time to pay attention to what tactics his team was playing.

But it is obvious that 451 will never and cannot have only such a routine! Descartes commanded his team to play this way because his teammates didn't usually practice much of this formation, and if the tactics were too complicated, it might make everyone more confused, so he simply asked everyone to rush to the middle together, and with his response and dispatch in the middle, everything became simpler.

Perhaps even Descartes himself did not expect such a simple and crude tactic. But Arsenal seems to have been reborn, and at the beginning of the season, they created a series of brilliant results, killing Everton and Manchester United, all of which were used.

However, Descartes was not a man to rest on his laurels, and Arsene Wenger was by no means a short-sighted coach, and although this tactic was ferocious, they could easily see the problem, and it was not just Mancini who saw the two wings. As insiders, they have actually seen the signs early on.

So the opponent is likely to make a counterattack deployment. Arsene Wenger and Descartes were already mentally prepared, and even the rest of Arsenal's players have done a lot of targeted practice during this time.

But we've already said before, the 451 formation. No matter what changes are made. The most important point is always the "1" in the front. This striker, who plays as a lone arrow, must have very strong strength, at least the two basic elements of possession and the ability to divide the ball. It must be done.

Chelsea's Didier Drogba relies on his strong physicality, while Arsenal's two of the current pitches, Robin van Persie and Descartes, rely on their skillful footwork.

It's just that in comparison, Van Persie's ball control skills are still a little worse than Descartes, and when it comes to the subsequent ball distribution and organization of attacks, then his gap is even greater, Van Persie is good at attacking from back to front, and Descartes is good at threading the needle, and the two are completely different in the areas they are best at.

So once the team's tactics changed and they no longer used a single method of attacking the middle of the middle with three fronters, Van Persie's use in the front was obviously weakened, and Arsenal needed a player who could play for his teammates at the front end.

Only Descartes can do the best in this current Arsenal team.

The media desperately advocated the "Descartes uselessness theory" and "Descartes will eventually fall out with Van Persie, Bendtner and others", which seems to sound very reasonable in public opinion, but within Arsenal, everyone scoffs at them, and only when you have been teammates with Descartes can you understand how happy it is.

Even Bendtner, who has been on the bench for more than a month this season because of the sudden change in the team's formation, has never resented Descartes in this matter, because he knows very well that there is a considerable gap between himself and Descartes, and his goal of competition should actually be Van Persie, who gets the chance to start, rather than Descartes, the absolute spiritual core of the team.

And Arsenal's subsequent tactical changes are actually practiced according to Descartes' situation on the field.

In Wenger's mind, although the current Arsenal is in full swing, there is only one person in this team whose position is unshakable, that is, Descartes, who played in the second half, if you have to count the second, I am afraid that there is no suitable substitute Almunia at all.

It's ridiculous that the media are still pulling their throats to preach that "Arsenal is not as good as Descartes playing as well as he is on the field", where do they understand that if Descartes is really not on the sidelines, then Arsenal's confidence will be gone, and whether they can have such a record, who can say for sure?

Just how indispensable Descartes really was, after 45 minutes of the second half, Mancini and all the spectators who watched the game had a clear idea.

At half-time, Roberto Mancini praised his players, especially the two full-backs who provided first-half assists. At the beginning of the season, when accepting this "local tyrant army", it is impossible to say that Mancini does not have a little pressure in his heart.

The boss is rich, and not ordinarily rich, in just 16 months, Mansour is 395 million pounds as soon as he makes a move, which is almost equivalent to the total investment of traditional "top six" teams such as Newcastle in the past ten years.

Although Mansour said that a team with a foundation cannot be built overnight, and he has not forced results this season, everyone understands that after the owner has spent such astronomical sums of money, if the team's record is still bad, then the position of head coach is obviously very hot.

Manchester City have played very well in their last four league games, beating Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the first round and beating Everton 2-0 at home to Arsenal in the previous round. The gap between them and Arsenal has almost reached 7 goals, and in the third and fourth rounds, Manchester City are walking on thin ice 1-0 against weak teams Wolves and Portsmouth, and after four games, they are only fourth in the league with 3 wins and 1 loss.

I don't know if it was lucky or unlucky, it was at this time that they met Arsenal in full swing.

If this game is bloodied by Arsenal again, there is no doubt that even if Mancini has just been given the position of Manchester City manager. He was still in a desperate situation. Sacking a head coach after a few rounds is not uncommon in football, and even if the boss doesn't say it, Mancini himself will feel disgraced.

To Mancini's ecstasy. However, he saw a big "hole" in Arsenal's formation. That's the tactic he used on both sides of the back in this game. It is because of such a discovery. Mancini suddenly felt lucky, because if he led his team to a victory over Arsenal, then his pressure would melt in an instant. It may even win the hearts of Blue Moon fans in one fell swoop and lay a solid foundation for his future coaching.

That's the main reason why Roberto Mancini was so excited after his side's equaliser.

Because he saw a road to the pinnacle of honor, and saw him get rid of the title of "big winner in life", and really became a world-class handsome!

After praising all the players in the dressing room, Roberto Mancini clenched his fists and cheered them on, asking his players to continue to play the same way they had been set up in the first half, believing that Arsenal were running out of skills and that the victory would go to Manchester City with more investment.

And Manchester City's players also seem to feel a little fluttering in Mancini's encouragement, just before this game, Arsenal still seemed to be invincible, Old Trafford's 7-0 impact is not only Manchester United, the other eighteen clubs in the Premier League are not worried about such a brutal scoreline, two of the last decade of the hegemony Manchester United have been beaten to the skin, how murderous is Arsenal today?

Even they didn't expect that after falling behind by two goals in the first 30 minutes of the first half, they could really equalize the score in one fell swoop with the manager's arrangement, and even turn the situation on the field!

Mancini may not know that because of this situation, he has finally won the approval of most Manchester City players in his fifth game in charge of Manchester City, and can compete with the mighty Arsenal in midfield, and many have already agreed with his coaching skills.

Then, if they can continue that in the second half and beat Arsenal in one fell swoop, then Mancini will undoubtedly succeed in establishing himself in the team.

But will the 'powerful' Arsenal allow such a situation to happen?

Soon after the start of the second half, Manchester City noticed that Arsenal had made a noticeable difference.

One of the most striking points was that they suddenly gave up on attacking the middle and started to work on two flanks in succession.

Van Persie, who played as a lone arrow in the front line in the first half, has been substituted, and now standing in front of the Manchester City defense is Descartes, who has a huge controversy in the media, many media say that Arsenal's current state does not matter whether Descartes or not, but in the eyes of Arsenal and their opponents, whether there is Descartes or not are completely different teams.

If Descartes is the bitter boss of Manchester United, then he should actually be called the bitter boss of all Premier League teams, because just last season he set a record of scoring against the other 17 teams in the Premier League, and the only team that Descartes has yet to open up is Burnley – a team that has only just been promoted to the Premier League this season and have never played against Arsenal in the past four seasons......

Descartes has scored 12 goals against Manchester United so far, and he is indeed a bitter opponent for Manchester United, but he is not far behind against Manchester City, with four goals and five assists so far, and it is unlikely that City will be good enough to meet him.

Such a player, even if the media around the world belittles him as worthless, Manchester City's players will never take it lightly, because every goal he scores is equivalent to a mark on Manchester City's pillar of shame, which is an insult to all Manchester City players.

The appearance of Descartes made Manchester City like a big enemy. And the change he brought about when he came on the field quickly made Manchester City's players taste bitterness.

Descartes' first performance came in the 15th minute after his appearance, and just before that, City launched a couple of high-quality counter-attacks that caused a stir in front of Arsenal's goal, and it looked like Mancini's set-up was really effective and hit Arsenal's soft underbelly.

But while City's two full-backs were struggling forward to assist, Descartes had been quietly plotting how to take advantage of the gaps they had left.

This time it was again Manchester City's right-back Richards, who sent in a cross from a tight 45-degree angle. The ball was pushed over by Koscielny, who had been on the pitch with Descartes in the second half. After winning the ball, Denilson did not hesitate much and stuffed the ball directly into the front court.

The quality of the ball was not good, creating a situation where Descartes and De Jong were competing for the ball at the same time, but Descartes, who reacted faster, grabbed the way of the ball before De Jong. Then he didn't stop the ball at all, as De Jong thought. Instead, he flicked the ball directly to the right with the outside instep. Here, Richards has yet to return from his assist form, and Arshavin, who has escaped Robinho's entanglement, has a plain in front of him that is big enough for him to gallop.

Arshavin didn't dribble the ball straight to the baseline. He cut inside on the edge of the box, and City's centre-back Vincent Kompany had to step in to prevent Arshavin from cutting wide, leaving Toure and Onuha, who had retreated from the left.

Descartes didn't stop for a moment, he turned and bypassed De Jong and quickly cut into the Manchester City penalty area.

This ball fully shows the difference between Descartes and Van Persie, if it is Van Persie, he may find a way to pass De Jong first, because his vision is far less wide than Descartes, and his passing awareness is not as strong as Descartes, he relies more on personal assaults, but Descartes is different, his mind is always thinking about the fastest and most reasonable way to deal with the ball, as for whether it is up to him in the end, he does not see this very important.

As a result, the counterattack after the counterattack played like a lightning bolt, completely piercing Manchester City's weak defense, after losing the barrier on the right side, their entire defense line had to be forced to change, and this change, it exposed that most of the Manchester City players are still newcomers, and they are not familiar with each other, Toure tried his best to fill the position, Onooha was also very active in returning to the penalty area, but their two midfielders Barry and De Jong were in confusion, the former tried to follow Descartes to the death, The latter also wanted to do his best to keep Descartes out of the box, and the two of them rushed at Descartes together, emptying Rosicky behind him.

Rosicky sat on the bench in the last game because of the rotation, and the result was Ramsey's shining performance, Arsenal's youth storm blew Manchester United dizzy, and also made the media look forward to Arsenal's new attacking combination, but the 28-year-old "veteran" actually does not want to be an iron-clad substitute, he is still eager to shine for the team on the pitch.

The opportunity that Descartes had brought in for him was well grasped by the veteran, as Rosicky picked up Arshavin on the edge of the box and fired a beautiful volley past City to regain the lead.

After the goal, Rosicky hugged his teammates excitedly, especially thanks to Arshavin, who passed the ball for him, and Descartes, who organized the attack, it was because of the exquisite cooperation and positive pull of the two that created such a good opportunity for him.

Mancini, who was on the sidelines, seemed to see something in the goal, and he put his finger in his mouth in confusion and began to think hard, trying to find a pattern or a problem.

Soon, however, Mancini was going to regret his slow reflexes, because shortly after the goal, Arsenal used the same tactic to once again open the gap on City's left flank, where Theo Walcott crossed and followed Descartes to shovel the ball into Taylor's wicked goal before Toure did.

This time it was Onuoha who inserted the assist, and it was Walcott who suddenly inserted the gap from behind, and it was Walcott who lost the first half of the drag race, and the little tiger also used this assist to make a name for himself, this time Onuoha even if he tried his best, he couldn't shorten the distance between him by 0.01 meters!

It was only at this time that Mancini suddenly realized that Arsenal's tactics in the second half had changed, they changed from the previous attack in the middle to a sneak attack on their own side gaps, and they thought that Arsenal would be as desperate as the first half to insert into the middle, and did not tell the two fullbacks to keep an eye on them, but they were caught by others, and they hit one by one, and in less than 20 minutes, they fell behind by two goals.

This time is different from the first half, Arsenal is now combined in the front field, playing very smoothly, the previous flaws seem to have been blocked suddenly, but their own team, after losing the sharp assists of the two full-backs, has returned to the first 30 minutes of the first half.

Is it swollen? Could it be that our team's equaliser in the first half was just a flashback? For Mao in the second half, he was beaten by others and his nose was blue and his face was swollen?

Although the final score was not further rewritten, Manchester City finally ended Arsenal's record of four consecutive wins by more than three goals, but they became a stepping stone for Arsenal to score four goals in five consecutive games, and Mancini and his Sky Blues were not able to stop Arsenal's strength.

Perhaps the only thing Mancini could comfort his players was one sentence: "At least we lost less than Manchester United, and we won the next game against Manchester United!" ”

And in this game, in fact, there is an unknown episode, as the actual controller of Manchester City, Mr. Mansour, the second generation of the real football manager big player, also appeared in his VIP box in this game, after watching the second half of the game, Mr. Mansour asked his assistant with a serious face: "Arsenal's No. 20, is there really no way to buy it?" ”

"This ......" The assistant wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied cautiously: "I'm afraid it's difficult, Wenger said, even if we pay 100 million, don't want to buy one of his leg hairs." ”

"Don't sell 100 million?" Mansour pinched his chin and thought about it, then sneered: "Then let's pay 100 million and 5 million, I see if he sells it or not!" ”

"Huh?" His assistant was stunned, one hundred and five million, Jie, Jie's salary is higher than Lao Tzu's ten lifetimes, boss, you give me this money, I will sell you all the chrysanthemums together!

However, the assistant obviously didn't dare to call out his heart seriously, he could only wipe the non-existent sweat on his face again with envy and jealousy, and carefully confirmed: "Boss, you, what you said is true?" ”

"Of course." Mansour didn't even frown, looked at the Arsenal players who were cheering on the field, and said thoughtfully: "Harry, you have to remember that we are not only buying players now, but also fame, and we are not short of money." ”

"Yes, boss." This time, the assistant finally confirmed that it was not his own ears that had auditory hallucinations, and his heart couldn't help but start pounding, and he respectfully bent down and exited the private room.

Tomorrow will be the time when Manchester City will shock the world once again. (To be continued......)