Belfast Telegraph

Lack of quality as United & Gunners draw

- BY ROBERT JONES BY DAVID CHARLESWOR­TH

EDEN Hazard has insisted he is not yet a Galactico as he attempts to follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Hazard is in line to play his first Champions League game for Real at the Bernabeu against Group A rivals Club Brugge tonight, confident he can reach the heights he scaled during his seven-year stay at Chelsea.

He said: “I’m not yet a Galactico. I have to be the one to prove that I can become one.

“We know very well the last No.7 at this club and I have to be the first to prove that I can be the best in the world, enjoy myself on the pitch, give everything in training and matches.

“I don’t doubt my abilities or my technique, and the more I gain in confidence, everything will be better.”

Hazard (right) has made only four appearance­s for the club since his £89m summer arrival, one of them in a

3-0 defeat at Paris St-Germain in the opening round of Champions League fixtures, with a thigh injury having delayed his start to the season.

However, coach Zinedine Zidane is confident he will rediscover his best form after initially struggling himself when he joined Juventus back in 1996.

Zidane said: “He knows we want more from him, but we have to stay calm. I’m not worried at all. He will succeed here and will be very good.

“You have to be patient with players who have just arrived. The good thing is he will not change. He needs more, but we will see it soon.”

Real did not make it to the semis for the first time since 200910 last season. They top La Liga after seven games but, asked which he would prefer to win, Hazard replied: “Both. When we start a competitio­n, we want to win it.” BRENDAN Rodgers played down suggestion­s Leicester are on course to gatecrash the Premier League top six after a convincing 5-0 victory over hapless Newcastle on Sunday.

The Foxes collected their fourth win from their last five top-flight fixtures to climb up to third, two points behind Manchester City and seven in arrears of leaders Liverpool.

While Rodgers (right) reflected with some satisfacti­on on beating Newcastle, he was adamant Leicester cannot afford to rest on their laurels.

“It’s still very early, we’re

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