Chelsea will finish 2014 as Premier League leaders, despite Jose Mourinho s side toiling to a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Sunday.
The west Londoners failed to hit their usual impeccable standards at the St Mary s Stadium on Sunday, with Southampton displaying their top-four credentials in a battling display.
An upset appeared on the cards when Sadio Mane made the most of sloppy defending from Chelsea captain John Terry, recently promised a new deal by Mourinho, to race through and deftly lift over Thibaut Courtois for his second goal in as many matches.
However, a moment of brilliance from Eden Hazard shortly before the break levelled proceedings, as he curled home his seventh league goal of the campaign.
Chelsea pushed hard for a winner after the break an…