Unbeknownst to Denilson, his cowardly performance would be the reason for Arsene Wenger's dismissal, and the Arsenal players were frustrated by the last-minute goal conceded just before half-time, and one by one they slipped back to the dressing room with their heads down.

Arsene Wenger was the first to criticise the team's laxity in the final minutes, and although he did not name them, Denilson still felt his heart beat because Wenger's authority in the dressing room was unchallengeable, and his fire was something that no player dared to touch easily.

Then Wenger made some arrangements for the second half of the game, the focus is to ask Rosicky and others to provide protection for the midfield, not to let Gerrard have another chance to easily impact the front of the penalty area, in fact, although Rosicky and others are not strong in defense, but as professional players, as long as they are willing to protect the defensive line, they still have enough ability to do it, at least Gerrard will not be so smooth when passing through the midfield.

The other thing to make arrangements for is the front court. Descartes and Van Persie's partner is getting more and more tacit, the two of them have become Arsenal's most powerful weapons to destroy the city, the only pity is that Descartes's physical strength is still a shackle, if he wants to force the whole game, he has to risk being more likely to be injured after the physical strength declines, for ordinary players, after the physical strength declines, it is a big deal to run a few steps less, but according to the report of the Arsenal Medical Department, Descartes's physical strength will decline after his physical protection will also decline, which will cause him to be more easily injured than normal people, Because his bones are more fragile than normal, this is the hidden danger of anemia.

Arsene Wenger asked if Descartes needed to be substituted, and his expression was so kind that he aroused the jealousy of many of the Arsenal players next to him. In their minds, Descartes is simply the "special one" in Wenger's heart. His attitude towards Descartes was much better than that of other players. Sometimes one wonders if Descartes was simply his illegitimate son.

Perhaps this is because Wenger subconsciously felt that Descartes was sick and needed more care than others, and that he had brought Descartes all the way from Italy to England, and he needed to be responsible for Descartes.

However, Wenger's concern did not impress Descartes, who firmly rejected Wenger's suggestion to substitute him, because he understood that this game was extraordinarily important, as it was a game worth six points and would have a direct bearing on Arsenal's prospects this season. He has already made big noises in front of the media, and he must fulfill this promise by himself.

The game soon returned to the second half, after Arsenal's midfield strengthened the protection of the defensive line, the two teams returned to a stalemate on the field, Arsenal's lineup was stable, Benitez could not find any useful loopholes in it, so he could only sacrifice his own trick, a "grind" word, this is how he grinded Mourinho back then. It made Milan very happy and sad.

Liverpool hoarded in the second half of the game in central midfield, severing the link between Arsenal and their strikers, while occasionally counter-attacking with the pace of the likes of Torres or Kuyt, it seems. They don't seem to be in a hurry at all, with Manchester United and Chelsea behind them only three and two points separating them, but they don't seem to be afraid of being overtaken.

Liverpool are in no hurry. Arsenal couldn't rush either, and Rosicky lost space to break through against a defender like a forest. Deadly through balls are not his strong suit, not to mention that there are only one or two chances to pass the ball in a game. How can he easily grasp it?

Seeing that the team's offense was in trouble, Descartes had no choice but to retreat, temporarily replacing Rosicky as the core of the organization.

Descartes and Rosicky's style is very different, in short, Rosicky tends to be more stable, he would rather pass back if he can't pass the threat ball, in short, control the ball at his feet first, but Descartes is different, he will do everything possible to create a threat, whether it is a pass or a breakthrough, he only has the opponent's goal in his eyes, he doesn't care about a few mistakes or a few broken balls, as long as his plan is successful once, it will pose a huge threat to the opponent's door.

Therefore, when Descartes took over Rosicki's position, the pressure on Liverpool's back line suddenly increased, Descartes liked to use overhead passes or through balls to plan attacks, Van Persie and Walcourt and others can be regarded as speed players, for Liverpool's back line Carragher, Aager and others, fighting speed with people is the thing they hate the most, so they have to repeatedly compress the back line, the original Liverpool defense line is built at the front of the penalty area, from the midfield to the back of the ambush, However, when Descartes became active, their backline had to be compressed into the box, and the 30 to 40 metres outside the box were occupied by Arsenal players.

With such depth, let alone counterattacking, even defense will feel extremely difficult.

But it doesn't work if you don't retreat, Descartes's direct pass seems to have a lot of mistakes, but as long as he succeeds once, it will be a catastrophe for Liverpool, Carragher and others don't dare to let Van Persie stand on the same level as themselves, an anti-offside position is successful, and their efforts in a game will be in vain, so they can only choose to retreat.

To retreat is to give Arsenal more space, which Liverpool's backline does not know, but they have no choice but to turn their attention to the midfield.

After a brief exchange with Carragher, Gerald took over the defense of Descartes.

In terms of physical fitness and technical ability, Gerrard has no problem defending Descartes, who is good at running in a wide range of frontcourts, but the diligence of the Jay team is never lost to anyone, not to mention that he has a great advantage, his legs are very long, and he has a great advantage when defending.

As Pire said of Vieira: "If you break through the other midfielders, you only have to run one step, but if you want to break through Patrick, you have to run one more step because his legs are too long. 'That's Vieira's strength and his secret weapon in the Premier League. Gerrard's legs are not as prominent as Vieira's, but he is indeed the one with the longest legs and the best body among England's defensive players.

As Team Jay focused on Descartes, he immediately felt the pressure. Gerald was clever enough to keep squeezing Descartes' center of gravity with his physical contact. At the same time, he also pays attention to his ball route, and there will be absolutely no flaws in the front. Even if Descartes wanted to split the ball on both sides, he had to be afraid of his long legs.

The two teams are like two peerless masters who are fighting against each other, constantly making tentative moves, and constantly defusing the opponent's tricks, and before you know it, 85 minutes have passed in the game, but the two sides have not been able to tell the winner.

Descartes already felt as if his lungs were on fire, his physical strength had long since been exhausted, and what supported him to continue to fight on the field was only a will not to admit defeat. He wanted the team to win the game and prove his resolve by beating the league leaders, so he didn't want to give up until the last minute and even turned down Arsene Wenger's suggestions for substitutions on several occasions.

On the Liverpool side, they are almost at the threshold of the limit, and Benitez has a habit that is difficult to say whether it is good or bad, that is, he plays every game as if it were a final, and really values every game. But the league is not a one-on-one heads-up. He has 19 opponents and needs to play more than 38 games in six months, and his players are people, not machines. It's impossible to be as perfect as he wants, with every player going up and down in between matches, and Rafa Benitez is asking his players to be nervous from the start. When the day comes, the players will be angry. Naturally, the team collapsed.

That was exactly the case in this game, with Liverpool being the only unbeaten team this season ahead of the game. Although this is an honor, but the psychological pressure of the players is also very high, and Benitez did not notice the psychological problems of the players at all, he just insisted that the players continue to persevere, and they persisted until the end of the season, and they won, but there are still more than 4 months before the end of the season, who can hold their breath for so long?

Can be tight but not loose, this is Benitez's biggest problem, but also an important reason why he made Liverpool angry in the late stage, it stands to reason that he led Liverpool to win the long-lost Champions League, and re-became one of the four giants of the Premier League, which should be extremely beloved, but when he left Liverpool later, not only did the fans look down on him, but even no one within the club stood up to speak for him, and his failure to deal with interpersonal relationships can be seen.

Liverpool under his extreme pressure, although the league has only played seventeen rounds, but the players have felt very tired psychologically, Benitez works hard for every game, of course the players understand his good intentions, but considering the long journey of the league, it is also necessary for the players to relax occasionally, but Benitez doesn't care about this set, whoever performs a little lax, will be immediately taken down by him, although the quality of the players he bought is not very good, but the number is enough, you don't want to play, Naturally, someone will take your place.

So when the game came to the final stage, although Liverpool's players did not want to relax psychologically, they could no longer support it physically, and their door was finally knocked open by the tenacious Arsenal.

This was the goal of the 88th minute of the game, Descartes attracted the full attention of Gerrard and Alonso, and then suddenly distributed the ball to Rosicky, who received the ball and kept passing the ball directly, Van Persie successfully countered offside, and although Carragher, who defended him, wanted to turn around and catch up, but his footsteps were already very slow, and finally Van Persie threw him off and broke through Reina's ten fingers with a single knife.

Descartes drew a successful end to the game with an indirect assist, and Arsenal also won the game against Liverpool at the top of the league table with a golden goal, ushering in their fourth consecutive win after two consecutive defeats.

From consecutive defeats to consecutive wins, Descartes has played a great role, especially with Cesc Fabregas injured, he finally began to establish himself as the leader of the team, before he was only vice-captain, but I believe that with his better and better performances, when Cesc Fabregas left, he took over as captain and no one would object.

After the game, Descartes also deliberately found Liverpool's captain Gerrard, he still remembers that after the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, he fought to score the decisive goal until he injured his back, when he was lying on a stretcher, Gerrard came over to comfort him, and threw him an autumn coat, expressing his appreciation for him, he found Gerrard this time, it was to return the goal.

However, of course, Descartes will not return Gerrard's shirt to him, he gave Gerrard the Arsenal number 18 shirt he wore for this game.

"Steven, you're doing great, especially you, I almost died with you." Descartes saw that Gerald's expression was a little depressed, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

Gerrard smiled bitterly, took his shirt and laughed at himself: "It's a pity that I still can't completely stare at you, but don't worry, I won't let you have another chance when we meet next time." ”

Great opponents are always worthy of respect, and although Gerald has a friendly expression, he will never fall behind in his words, and of course Descartes will also be "Then you have to be careful, the next time we meet, I will be even better than today." ”

"I'll wait for you." Gerrard finally had a smile on his face, the joy of his opponent: "I promise, the next victory will be ours." ”

"Not necessarily." Not to be outdone, Descartes said: "The jersey can be given to you, but victory can't." ”

"Hahahaha." The two looked at each other, saw joy and sparks in each other's eyes, and then they let out a happy laugh together, how fast it is to be a pair of people! (To be continued......)