Chelsea star Eden Hazard makes frank admission amid Blues' slump in form

Posted Saturday, April 14, 2018 by Express.co.uk

Chelsea star Eden Hazard makes frank admission amid Blues' slump in form
Eden Hazard has failed to hit top form on a regular basis for Chelsea this season

EDEN HAZARD admits he has not been pleased with his own performances amid Chelsea’s poor run of form.

Chelsea sit fifth in the Premier League going into Saturday’s trip to Southampton and look unlikely to qualify for the Champions League.

Antonio Conte's reigning champions have crashed out of the Carabao Cup and Champions League, leaving the FA Cup as their only hope of silverware.

Many of Chelsea’s top players have failed to hit form this season and that has included Eden Hazard, particularly amid their recent run of just two wins in eight matches.

The Belgium international has given a frank response when asked if he’s been happy with his displays of late.

"For the last two months, no," Hazard told Sky Sports.

"Because the results are not good. I don't play football just for me, I play for the team. If I play good, but we are not winning, I am not happy. That's it.

"It's better for me to play very bad and at the end of the game we win 1-0. I don't like stats, I play for a long time, so I am on the pitch to enjoy.

"If I can score, I score. If I can assist, I assist. But I just want to be happy on the pitch, and when you are winning you are happy, and when you are not winning you are not happy."

Hazard still thinks Chelsea have a chance of securing Champions League qualification, despite their 10-point deficit to fourth-placed Tottenham.

"Yes. It is difficult, very difficult, but it is possible," he added.

"In football anything can happen. So we need it believe, we need to trust in each other and try to win every game. That's it.

"We have six games to play in the league, and if we win the six games but don't finish in the top four, at least we did everything. So no regrets, let's play one month.

"Of course [we will keep fighting]. We know we are playing for Chelsea, when you are playing for Chelsea, you need to give everything to the end of the season, that's it. If you achieve something, that's good, but if not you will try for the next year."

Hazard also discussed the prospect of Chelsea challenging for the Premier League title next season.

"I think it's not good, because you want to play Champions League every year," he said.

"So we try to give everything to play the best way we can to finish in the top four. Like I say before, if we are not in the top four, we will play next year for the Premier League, that's it."