On 28 December 2014, the 19th day of the Premier League, the current leader in the table was Jose Mourinho's Blues Chelsea, who had worked hard to build for a year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏw?ww?． r?a?n?w?en`n?et

Chelsea have maintained a good momentum of five consecutive wins in all competitions, with 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the first 18 rounds, accumulating 45 points, scoring 40 goals and conceding only 13 goals also proves that this team is good in attack and defense, worthy of the current leader of the Premier League.

At the top of the standings is Klopp's Blackburn, with 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, which is definitely not bad, but 43 points is not high compared to previous years.

Chelsea are just two points ahead of Blackburn, and the two teams may have to switch places at the top of the table after a round of fixtures, and it will be the Christmas holiday clash between Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers that will determine the halfway through the Premier League title this season.

In the past 22 seasons of the Premier League, the half-way title has won 11 times, with a 50% chance of winning the title, although the half-way title is not important, but in the face of their biggest title rivals this season, Mourinho and Klopp will not have any ease.

Arthur, who had just returned to Blackburn for his family's Christmas party, also accepted Abu's invitation to watch the half-marathon final in Stanford.

The two sides are naturally the main players in this game.

Chelsea starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois

Defenders: Felipe, Cahill, Terry, Cuadrado

Defenders: Nemanja Matic, Mikel

Defenders: Eden Hazard, Cesc Fabregas, Willian

Forward: Diego Costa

"Jose, you're still so conservative." Arthur shook his head when he saw Chelsea starting, but he was surprised when he looked at his Blackburn Rovers list.

Blackburn Rovers starting line-up (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta, John Stones, Raphael Varane, Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielders: Pogba, Rakitic, Mahrez

Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane, Neymar

"Well, what a storm of youth." Arthur lamented after a while that although he knew that Bale, Phil Jones and others would not play due to injury, he did not expect Klopp to dare to field such an extremely young squad when he faced such a strong opponent as Chelsea away from home.

Arthur glanced helplessly at the still heavy rain in the sky and smiled bitterly. Although it has been 15 years since I was reborn in England, I am still not used to the rainy climate here, especially this kind of intermittent showers, which makes people can't like it.

And compared to Blackburn, who have become the technical flow of the Premier League, the rain game is clearly in Chelsea's favor for a more simple and crude style.

With only five minutes to play, Arthur saw that his team's striker had not received the ball a few times, let alone had a shot on goal, and was already watching Chelsea celebrate frantically with his hands on his hips.

The Blues were on the verge of attacking football from the start of the game and Chelsea took the lead in the fourth minute, when Riyad Mahrez's pass was intercepted by Nemanja Matic, Eden Hazard broke through Azpilicueta and crossed back on the right side of the box, Cech came out to make a block, and Diego took the lead of Blackburn's two centre-backs to fire a low shot into the net from eight yards out to score his seventh league goal of the season.

Regarding Diego Costa, Arthur was not without the idea of bringing him in, but the thought of his style of play and dirty little tricks, coupled with the appearance of sorry fans, Arthur dismissed the idea.

"It's still a handsome guy who is more eye-catching." Looking at Griezmann, Harry Kane and Neymar in Blackburn's forward trident at the moment, Arthur smiled with satisfaction.

In the eighth minute, Cesc Fabregas's long-range shot from 30 yards down the middle was confiscated by Cech. In the 10th minute, Rakitic passed through to Griezmann, but Courtois came in time to confiscate the ball first.

Chelsea came close to doubling the lead in the 13th minute when a young John Stones was forced by Diego Costa to make a mistake and Willian's one-on-one shot from 16 yards on the left side of the box was saved by Cech and cleared by Raphael Varane. Antoine Griezmann and Rakitic began to influence on the right, but the home side made a lot of mistaken passes.

In the 25th minute, Blackburn attacked, and Mahrez made a long pass from the side.

Harry Kane took two big strides, jumped high, jumped half a head higher than Cahill, who defended him, and then hit the ball hard, the ball flew straight above the middle of the goal, Courtois reacted immediately, with both hands on it, did not hold the ball, but the football did not break the goal, but slightly above the crossbar, flew out of the bottom line.

"Didn't get in again!" Harry Kane shook his head regretfully after landing, this was his third shot of the game, but it was a pity that he missed the goal.

Just when Harry Kane was regretting, Blackburn Rovers organised another attack, and Rakitic broke the ball at half-time and passed it to Riyad Mahrez in front of him. Mahrez, who got the ball in the middle, saw Harry Kane pull out of the penalty area, and without hesitation, he immediately made a through pass and passed the ball to the feet of Harry Kane.

Harry Kane stopped the ball, Cahill behind him immediately pressed him, Harry Kane did not turn and break through, but passed the ball back to Neymar's feet, and then turned around and ran towards the box with two long legs.

Neymar also understood, he did not hesitate at all, immediately raised his foot and hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area!

Harry Kane jumped high with his back to goal. When you can't see the goal at all, you rely on your own feelings, and then rub the top of your head and try your best to rub the ball in the direction of the goal you want!

Courtois had planned to get the ball over Harry Kane's head, because a lob like this wouldn't be too fast and he would have plenty of time to strike. Who knew that Harry Kane actually jumped up and shot directly with his back to the goal near the line of the big penalty area, or a header hanging shot!

With Harry Kane's bounce and height, he can only barely rub under the ball, which is why Courtois will choose to attack, if Harry Kane waits for the ball to fall a little more before shooting, then the ball has definitely entered Courtois's control, and compared with Courtois who can use his hands, Harry Kane can not compete even if he is taller, after all, the goalkeeper has an advantage over the length of his entire arm. And if there is a slight collision between the two sides, the referee will definitely sentence Harry Kane to the goalkeeper.

But now Harry Kane gets the ball first, and on the football pitch, sometimes it's the line that fights for the first line.

Courtois jumped up and tried to intercept the ball in the middle of the game, even if he couldn't catch it, he had to hit it out!

But Courtois's idea was good, but the result was that the football did not hit the target, so he drew a very high and graceful arc in the air, flew over Courtois's head, and then fell in the direction of the goal.

Cahill, who had just missed Harry Kane, was desperately rushing towards the goal, intending to make a barb to save, but when he ran to the goal, he found that the arc of the ball almost grazing the crossbar and flying towards the goal, with the way he ran, it was difficult to save the ball with either his feet or his head.

The ball is in!

Harry Kane equalised, and it was a header near the line of the penalty area, which can be called an unrepeatable "fairy goal"!

Even Jose Mourinho on the sidelines was stunned to watch, and he had seen almost countless headers before, but he had never scored a header from such a long distance. And even if it was luck, the goal showed Harry Kane's judgment of the situation in the box, Mourinho believes that Harry Kane chose to head the ball directly after sensing Courtois's attack, and the timing he chose was the most appropriate way to attack.

However, the Chelsea team, built by Jose Mourinho over the course of more than a year, have built up a hard-nosed Blues temperament, and Blackburn's equaliser did little to Chelsea, but instead ushered in an increasingly frantic comeback.

When kick-off again, Chelsea began to storm the attack, but Jose Mourinho's side will keep more personnel in the central midfield to defend even if they are attacking, so the pressure on Blackburn's backline is not too great.

"Leave the ball for me!" With a shout from Azpilicueta, a vicious sliding tackle directly cut off Hazard's ball, and at the same time, regardless of Zhal, who was lying on the ground and didn't know that he was really injured, he passed directly to Neymar in front of him, and Neymar, who got the football, began to run wildly along the side with the ball.

Courtois roared, jumped to his feet, stretched as far as he could, and finally met Griezmann's powerful shot from a tight angle, the ball jumped off the touchline and Blackburn won a corner.

"Hey! Focus on it, don't let them get up so easily! Courtois, who had just stood up, couldn't help but start shouting at his teammates.

You must know that Courtois is anxious, after Harry Kane's goal equaliser, the current Blackburn has gone crazy, especially several young players such as Neymar and Griezmann, and they have the opportunity to shoot with their feet, like the shot that is very likely to score just now, there have been 3 times.

If Courtois wasn't in good form today, I'm afraid the current score would not be 1:1, but 2:1, or even 3:1.

Blackburn's youngsters attacked frequently, even to the point of madness, and Chelsea were on the counter-attacking side under the ferocious bridgehead of Diego Costa.

The raindrops did not extinguish the offensive flames of the two teams in the slightest! (To be continued.) )