Arsenal's first ten minutes were not as good as they would have been, and while their players were gradually recovering on the pitch, Liverpool were leading at home by a big margin and their morale was just as high, and Arsenal were unable to pull one back in the first place.

And most crucially, this match started from the first minute when Descartes stepped onto the court, and Mascherano stood in front of him.

Mascherano is an outlier in Argentina's talent-packed team, his style of play is almost completely out of the South American continent, he is fierce, aggressive, and physical, and looks more like a full-time defensive player cultivated by Eastern European countries, which has nothing to do with the flowing style of the Pampas Eagles.

But no one can deny that the small Mascherano is definitely one of the best defensive players in the world, whether it is at West Ham United or Liverpool, he has improved the team's midfield hardness to a new level, even if he later came to Barcelona, he was arranged by Guardiola to play as a central defender.

When the two teams met in the first half of the season, Pony was on the injury list, and Bei Bald had to use Gerrard to defend Descartes, and as a result, Liverpool were beaten by Arsenal, and it was Descartes who scored the winning blow.

In this game, Mascherano returned, and Bei Bald almost did not hesitate to give him the task of intercepting Descartes, although the defensive striker at the back is not a counterpoint defense, but with Mascherano's skills, even if the whole field is close to Descartes, it is no problem.

Arsenal were conceded three goals in the first half, although the players as a whole lost their form under pressure. But Mascherano, Alonso, Gerrard composed of the Liverpool midfield are both offensive and defensive, did not leave any chance for the Gunners also contributed to it, in the second half when Descartes came on the field, Liverpool's midfield division of labor was more clear, Gerrard mainly attacked, Pony Jr. defended, and Alonso took care of both.

This kind of formation is a good limit to Descartes' play, although he has the intention to kill thieves, but the Liverpool defense composed of Mascherano, Carragher and Hyypia is also the best in the Premier League, and Descartes alone is not enough to pry them.

However, Liverpool almost extended the score again when Arsenal pressed on the attack. Cesc Fabregas's hasty pass was intercepted by Alonso near midfield. Liverpool's long ball over the top hit the ball directly behind the Arsenal defenders, but Torres, who was not very fast, appeared at the spot of the ball at the first time, and if it weren't for his slightly higher volley, Liverpool would have set the tone for the game with a 4-0 score in the first 60 minutes.

The immortal Arsenal took a breath of cold air up and down. Considering the current score though. They have no other choice. Therefore, Liverpool's counterattack not only did not make them restrain a little, but aroused the anger of the strong players even more, and their attacks became more ferocious.

Until the second ten minutes were almost over. Arsenal's attack still did not bear fruit, at this time an anxious look gradually climbed on the faces of all Arsenal players, the reason why they were able to suppress Liverpool in the second half is based on the breath in their hearts and the goal in the short term, but now the second stage has not even completed the goal of the first stage, and this breath is almost exhausted, what should I do next?

In the past, Arsenal's players may not have had a good solution, but now it is different, and many players have their eyes on Descartes who is fighting hard in the front line.

Descartes, eternal life, this sentence may not be a joke of Arsenal fans, but it is getting closer and closer to the truth, Descartes used the second half of the season to bring Arsenal out of the quagmire again and again, until now he has gradually become the spiritual pillar in the hearts of his teammates, when the team is in trouble or in need of redemption, their eyes will fall on Descartes for the first time.

The trust and dependence is not light, but Descartes has long been at ease with this, and he has been dragging the Pavia Boys forward since he was a teenager, and this feeling is also familiar to him, and all he needs now is to show what he can do and live up to the expectations of his teammates.

It's just that when Descartes once again took the ball to seek a breakthrough, Mascherano tried to harass him with words: "Hey, it's useless, you can't get past me, I didn't play in the last meeting, I gave you a chance, this time you are not so lucky." ”

Descartes was accustomed to all kinds of trash talk on the court, so he didn't pay attention to Mascherano's words, instead, he took advantage of the pony clone to speak, and suddenly tried to smash the ball, although he couldn't get rid of Pony in the end, but he was startled a lot, and the trash talk in his mouth stopped.

But Mascherano paused the trash talk, and Descartes was in the mood again, carefully controlling the ball at his feet, and then leaning on the little pony as he walked forward, laughing: "You have to be careful, I almost passed me just now." ”

"Hmph." Mascherano let out a sigh and said unconvinced: "Then you still didn't pass it in the end." ”

As soon as the words fell, Descartes suddenly accelerated, and Pony was caught off guard by a step ahead of him, but fortunately Descartes didn't see any gaps, his speed slowed down, and he was entangled from behind.

"Look, isn't this just one time?" While Descartes was in control of the ball, he still had the leisure to continue to tease the little pony, Mascherano really couldn't understand, the other Arsenal players were full of anxiety, why did this guy who was not yet 20 years old like an old fritter and didn't react at all?

Of course, Descartes was not unresponsive, but he kept his anxiety in his heart, and now all his teammates were looking at him, and he couldn't show an abnormal demeanor, otherwise everyone's mood would be even more unstable.

Just how can we break the current deadlock and break down Liverpool's solid defence?

Descartes pondered for a long time and found that it would not work to avoid Mascherano and go wide, which was nothing more than a cross to fight for the spot. However, Liverpool's two central defenders, Hyypia and Carragher, are both "masters", and it is definitely no fun for Van Persie to compete with them for the header, and it will not play any role if he walks on the side.

But with Mascherano's entanglement in the middle and Alonso, as well as the first-class Carragher and Hyypia in time, how can this be broken?

It must be said that although most of Bei Bald's eyes belong to glaucoma, the central axis he chose is really powerful, from Torres in the front court to Reina in front of the goal. Liverpool's single axis is not inferior to any strong team in the Premier League. It wasn't even much worse than Barcelona, and if it weren't for his constant eye on the wing, it wouldn't have been clear who had won the Premier League in previous seasons.

Conventional methods didn't work, and Descartes finally decided to try something else.

There are many types of unconventional technologies on the football field. Trash talk. Mannerisms. Diving, acting, are all part of it. And, of course, there is another of the most important weapons, the set-pieces that Descartes has just shown against Chelsea.

There are also many types of set-pieces, corners, penalties, indirect free-kicks, direct free-kicks, and touchline kicks, and some players can even use the sideline kick near the corner stick to throw the ball directly into the box to create opportunities for teammates to score, so on the pitch, anything is possible.

What Descartes wanted to try was the free-kick he had used in his last game.

If you want to take a free kick, of course, you have to find a way to create a foul first, and for this, in fact, many teams will pay a lot of attention to the place of foul in the front of the penalty area. We can often see Messi running around with the ball horizontally at the top of the arc of the opponent's penalty area like a mouse, and sometimes he can poke his ball away as soon as he kicks out, but the opponent's defenders just don't dare to stretch their feet, and even the fans in front of the TV feel anxious, in fact, this is because they know very well that in case they are deceived into a foul by the briquette king in this position, in fact, it is not much different from being penalized.

Descartes wanted to cheat around here, of course, it was not so easy, at least when Mascherano and Alonso found out that he was suddenly nailed to the top of the arc of the penalty area, their alertness suddenly increased several notches, this guy, the heart is very bad!

But as the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent a thief, Descartes drilled in this area for a long time, and finally waited for the opportunity he wanted.

Van Persie's cross from the edge of the penalty area was deceived by Descartes' feint to deceive Mascherano's centre of gravity, and the little pony pulled him in a hurry, but Descartes "fell like a bullet [Benitez's comment after the game)" and the referee hesitated before finally giving Arsenal a free-kick in front.

Benitez frowned on the sidelines, but Wenger leaned forward slightly, because they both knew that this goal was very crucial, and whether it could be scored or not would have a good chance of affecting the trend of the game.

This time, the players standing behind the tee point were replaced by Denilson and Descartes, Van Persie and Galla and others rushed into the Chelsea penalty area, and the Arsenal players were indeed in a hurry, the first 10-minute plan was not completed, and the second 10-minute plan was counting on this opportunity.

Denilson runs, sprints, lifts his feet, and the soles of his feet go over the ball, but the Liverpool players jump up and there is a rush in the box, and then Descartes slaps his horse and his shot is sharp and fast, passing under the wall and suddenly appearing in Reina's field of vision.

Reina guessed that the ball would be taken by Descartes, but he didn't expect that Descartes would kick a boccia ball, and there were people in the penalty area, so he wasn't afraid of who would intercept the ball halfway?

But I don't know if it was Descartes' luck or his really good marksmanship, the ball was not touched by anyone in the box in the end, and it finally passed Reina's ten fingers and rolled into the net against the post of the goal.

The Liverpool players shook their heads, but the Arsenal players rejoiced as if they had won the game, and they rushed to Descartes and buried him deep under the human flesh.

When the grinning Descartes got up from the ground, his teammates had already laughed and dispersed, Descartes wanted to find a few people to retaliate, but unfortunately at this time the Liverpool players had already put the ball to the end, he rubbed his waist sloppily, and had no choice but to stand back in his position.

When Descartes was cursing the group of unscrupulous teammates hatefully, the ball suddenly appeared at his feet unexpectedly, it turned out that Liverpool was a little anxious after serving, Kuyt gave the ball to Torres, Torres handed it to Gerrard behind him, but at this time Van Persie rushed up, Gerrard was going to hand the ball to Benayoun on the left side, but he didn't expect Descartes to stand in place since the kick-off and rubbed his waist and chanted, and he didn't move his position at all, So the pass he gave to Benayoun suddenly rolled at the feet of Descartes.

The Liverpool and Arsenal players froze for a few tenths of a second at the same time before Steven Gerrard lunged up and he couldn't afford to sit idly by and ignore his mistakes.

But at this time, Descartes also moved, as soon as he looked up, he suddenly saw Liverpool's empty door outside the half, no goalkeeper, yes, no goalkeeper!

What about Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina?

Reyna didn't rush out of the box to show his prowess, in fact, he was leaning against the goal post, and when he saved Descartes' free-kick, he seemed to have some debris in his boots, and he didn't know if it was sand or grass clippings, so he was now holding his boots in his hands and shaking the contents of his boots.

Originally, Liverpool should have been in possession of the ball at this time, so Reina's action was not out of line, and it was not uncommon for players to shake out the clutter in their shoes during the game, although his position was very important, but when the ball was still at Liverpool's feet, his actions were not too much of a problem.

But the problem is that now the ball is suddenly passed to Descartes' feet!

Even Descartes himself didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly, but fortunately, the nature of the shooter was already in his blood, and when he saw that the door of Liverpool was empty, he had already raised his right foot, and in Gerrard's puzzled gaze, his instep hit the ball fiercely, and then the ball crossed a long arc in the sky and flew towards the door of Liverpool like a missile.

In fact, at this time, many Liverpool players had their backs to their goals, so they didn't know what Reyna was doing behind them, but when the ball crossed the sky, they suddenly had bad thoughts in their hearts, and then some people turned their heads and saw Reina rushing madly towards the center of the goal with a sneaker!

Reina's mood at this time can only be described as desperate, he originally thought that his teammates kicked off, at least let himself solve the problem in the boots first, but he didn't expect the ball to be lost in less than 3 seconds, and at this time he just pulled his foot out of the boots, but inadvertently looked up, and saw the ball like a rainbow across the sky, flying towards his door.

Holy, flying saucer? Reina's first reaction was to disbelief, and when he looked at it again, he rushed out as if he had been burned on fire, and he didn't even care about the height and low of his feet, and at the moment of his hesitation, the ball had flown over the distance of half the court and was telling to fall towards the goal!

Almost, just a little! Reina desperately told himself, and then even threw out the shoes in his hand in a hurry, trying to change the direction of the ball, but in the stunned eyes of the Liverpool fans all over the field, the ball still rushed into the net without hesitation, and pounced out like a wild dog, Reina, who was gliding in the air at this time, looked like a desperate salted fish, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was opened into an "O" word, but he couldn't shout a word.

The goal was so fast, so fast that even the referee didn't react, just when the Liverpool fans and players wondered if the goal was going to be blown invalid, the referee's whistle was finally belated, and then he pointed to the center circle, and the goal was valid, 2:3!

The Liverpool players and their friends were stunned, and even Descartes himself shook his head in amazement, then glanced at his right foot, when a fierce wind blew from behind him, and a figure climbed on Descartes' back like a monkey.

"Damn, whoever presses me again, I'll break off with him!" Descartes only had time to cry out in grief before he was once again drowned in a flood of people. (To be continued......)