Chelsea can win EPL title – Hazard

Chelsea star Eden Hazard is backing ‘The Blues’ to mount a Premier League title challenge after their perfect start to the season under new manager Maurizio Sarri. Chelsea are currently in second place after their 2-0 win over Bournemouth and Hazard, who has continued from his impressive World Cup showing with two goals and two assists already this season, believes his team can beat the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to the title. “We are a little bit in the shadow. We just try to do our job, win games and then we will see. Of course, I believe, especially in Premier League, you never know what can happen. They [Chelsea’s title rivals] can drop points, we can win points,” Hazard said.

“In a couple of weeks’ time we are playing Liverpool, which is a massive game. So if we win [we have a good chance]. Last year, we won 1-0 here, so we need to repeat this.

“He [Sarri] just wants us to play football. We have good players to play football and at the moment we are enjoying games, but we’ll see [if we are] a strong team when we lose a game. At the moment we are not losing, so it’s easy to say we are good, we are beautiful.

Sarri, who built a reputation at Napoli for his attractive possession-based style of play, has certainly had an effect on the team with Chelsea dominating possession against each of their opponents this season. They had 81 per cent of the ball against Newcastle, breaking the club record for passes in a Premier League match in the process.

It’s an approach that Hazard and the rest of the team are quite fond of.

“If we have more of the ball then we can be more dangerous in the box and we can score more goals. That’s why we need the ball.”