I WANT TO WIN – HAZARD
CHELSEA TALISMAN Eden Hazard said that while he is proud to be compared to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he is focusing on winning this season.
The Belgian has so far scored five goals in six matches to start the Premier League season after scoring 12 goals a season ago.
His brilliant individual strike in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup win against Liverpool is already a Goal of the Season contender, but Hazard is not getting carried away with his impressive start to the campaign.
Hazard’s performance has Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri predicting a 40-goal season, while his teammate Ross Barkley believes that he is better than both Messi and Ronaldo at this point.
“I don’t have [goal] targets, to be fair. My only target is to win something every year. I want to win trophies,” Hazard said.
“It is not important how many goals I score. You know me, I don’t care about that. I just want to enjoy my football and win games.
“At the moment, I am scoring goals. That is why everyone is talking for me to be in the top three [players]. It is a pleasure to be there. I just want to keep going. I am the same player as two years ago, three years ago. I’m now in a period that I score a lot of goals, and hopefully, I keep on scoring.
Hazard is hoping to continue his good form and lead the Blues to the title, even if he admits that it will be tough, given the ability of other teams in the league.
“Even when the things are not going well, I try to be happy when I am on the pitch,” he said. “That is why I like football. At the moment, we are winning games, so it is, more easy to smile, but when I am on the pitch, I just try to be happy. At the moment, it is good. I am scoring goals, we are playing good, so I am enjoying it, but we will see in the future.
“We won the last FA Cup last year. We know the Premier League is going to be hard. City and Liverpool, they have a lot of good players.”