Chelsea's success during the most crowded Christmas period was a surprise to many. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before coming to the UK, Shi Hao also knew that the Christmas devil schedule in the Premier League was criticized, but he only knew the pain when he experienced it himself.

After the 18th round of the Premier League, there was a problem with his fitness. In the 19th round of the Premier League on December 28, Chelsea challenged the Saints Southampton away, and Shi Hao could only watch from the sidelines.

Jose Mourinho again fielded a back three, but was unable to prevent Southampton from scoring.

In the 17th minute, Tadic sent a ball over the top and Sadio Mane scored with a one-on-one shot from Courtois. After that goal, Southampton took advantage of their home advantage to extinguish the spark of Chelsea's counter-attacks again and again. At half-time, Mourinho couldn't sit still and replaced Schurrle with Shi Hao, and soon after Mikel with Didier Drogba, in an attempt to turn the tide.

However, it wasn't until stoppage time that Southampton's fitness dropped so badly and Schneiderlin went off with two yellow cards that Chelsea equalised. After receiving Cesc Fabregas's pass, Shi Hao got rid of Maya Yoshida and Fonte in quick succession, and fired a low shot through Foster's ten fingers to help Chelsea bring a point back from the road.

In the post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho fired again, arguing that the referee always used double standards against Chelsea and that Chelsea were always the victims of some unfavourable decisions. In the 54th minute of the game, Cesc Fabregas fell in the Southampton penalty area, but the referee considered it a fake fall; In the 81st minute, a goal by Shi Hao was blown offside.

Despite failing to win on the road, Chelsea still won the halfway game. Chelsea currently sit well ahead of the table with 48 points. In his 17 league appearances, Shi Hao has scored a total of 18 goals and 14 assists, leading the scorer list and tying Cesc Fabregas for first place in the assists list.

Due to not being able to get enough rest, Shi Hao's physical fitness did not improve. Three days after the game, on New Year's Day, Chelsea were back in action away from home, travelling to White Hart Lane to take on Tottenham.

With Chelsea winning 4-0 last month, Jose Mourinho thought the game should be easily won, and the course of the game in the early stages seemed to foreshadow that.

Although Shi Hao was physically exhausted and consciously reduced his personal dribbling, his last pass was still sharp. In the 18th minute, Courtois kicked off a big kick to launch a counterattack, Hazard received the ball and broke into the penalty area in succession, and a low shot bounced off the far post. After Shi Hao received the ball, he shook off Chadley, and hit the ball in front of the goal. All Costa needs to do is raise his leg and touch the ball into the net.

Chelsea, who were leading 1-0, were starting to become a little careless, while Tottenham were red-eyed and looked desperate on the pitch. Two minutes later, Tottenham defender Mason went off injured and Dembele came off the bench.

In the Spurs attacking frenzy, Chelsea seemed to be more comfortable on the counter-attack, and in the 24th minute, Shi Hao received the ball and passed it past Dembele, passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and ran resolutely to the middle of the box. Diego. Costa slapped his horse to arrive, he took a step and tried to shoot, but the ball was passed to the middle. Shi Hao shot directly at the goal without stopping, and the ball went over Lloris's fingertips and bounced into the net on the inside of the post.

2:0！ Jose Mourinho smiled lightly as his team looked like they were about to replicate their last win.

A two-goal lead for the Chelsea players to relax. They began to consciously or unconsciously reduce their physical confrontation to prevent injuries, and they were no longer active in pressing up front.

Tottenham, on the other hand, are playing more and more, as if this is a championship game. And their efforts have paid off. In the 30th minute, Tottenham left-back Danny. Rose passed the ball and this season suddenly rose to the occasion of Harry. Kane cut inside to get rid of Shi Hao, who was back to the defense, and shot hard at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the ball flew into the bottom left corner of the Chelsea goal like an arrow into the net, Courtois reacted quickly, but the angle of the ball was too tricky, and he could only sigh "The concubine can't pounce".

Chelsea, who hold a one-goal lead, are still playing unhurriedly, and Mourinho has not given any instructions to make adjustments. They think that the game is at their own pace and that Tottenham are like fish in a net, unable to escape no matter how much they struggle.

However, in the 44th minute, their good feelings were shattered. Tottenham counter-attacked with an empty Chelsea backfield, Eriksen's pinpoint through ball found Chadley on the right side of the box, Chadley was able to slash down the path on a high-speed run, but his push shot bounced off the far post. Rose followed up with 10 shots into the empty net.

Jose Mourinho frowned but still did not give instructions, intending to wait until half-time to make adjustments.

However, in the final minute of stoppage time, Chelsea's lateral pass in front of our own box was met by Nemanja Matic who was slightly lighter on Cahill's pass and Harry Kane was quick to cut in and into the box. Cahill subconsciously raised his leg to block and gave Tottenham a penalty.

Townsend lived up to the expectations of the Tottenham fans by choosing a crickly angle to take the spot-kick and, despite Courtois judging the right direction, the ball remained firmly in the net.

When I walked into the dressing room, the Chelsea players were still full of mush. Aren't we 2:0 ahead? Why did it suddenly become 2:3 behind?

Mourinho's look was grim and he threw away all his contempt. He admits that he was a light opponent and the team was unprepared, but remained optimistic that his players could come back on top.

However, when he was behind, instead of strengthening the attack, he made the decision to strengthen the midfield defense, replacing Oscar with Ramirez, and the team returned to the 4321 formation.

From a purely tactical point of view, this substitution is undoubtedly the right decision, after all, Tottenham's attacking momentum is too ferocious. And the attack does not have to be a large number of people, with Shi Hao, Hazard, and Costa, Mourinho believes that any kind of iron wall will be chiseled through.

The last Ramirez was able to steal the ball more in midfield and provide shells to the attacking players.

But Tottenham's form has been just too good. In the 52nd minute, Chadley broke through Shi Hao's defense along the left flank and passed the ball to Harry. Kane, Harry. Kane pulled the ball almost perfectly and spun past Nemanja Matic and deftly flicked away Terry's shot that sent the ball into the far corner.

It was Harry Kane's 17th goal in all competitions this season and the fifth in the last five games, which shows how hot his form is, but Mourinho didn't give any special instructions to him before the game, so he was able to score a brace and create a penalty, almost single-handedly beating Chelsea in a mess.