Eden Hazard has claimed Chelsea players are full of confidence but they need to maintain this momentum.
Maurizio Sarri’s men thrashed CardiffCity 4-1 as they surged to the top of the table. Inspired by a Hazard hat-trick the Blues came from behind to record their biggest win of the season.
Willian scored a beautifully curled effort to round off their fifth win what was a dominating victory over the newly promoted side. Sarri built his strategy around Hazard and the Belgian didn’t disappoint him as he continued to be one of the most threatening attackers in the top flight.
Following a successful World Cup campaign the Belgian had a rather slow start but with every match passing the forward is evolving into a more matured player.
Hazard said, “We just keep the ball.
“We are patient, so we don’t go too fast too early. After 20 minutes the result was 1-0 for Cardiff, but we just kept playing our football and then, when we have the chance, we need to score, and that’s what we did.
“The manager just wants Chelsea to keep the ball, and then when we can find a solution we need to find good passes between the lines, like Jorginho, Kovacic and Fabregas can do. So, we have a lot of good players, and at the moment we are in confidence, so we shoot, we score. We need to keep this momentum.
“We have a lot of freedom on the pitch, not just the three in front but all over the pitch, so when we are in this condition we just need to take the ball and try something, and at the moment something happens, so that is very good.
“When I’m on the pitch I’m just trying to create chances, score goals. A hat-trick comes with confidence, so I will try to do more of this.”
