Loic Remy kicked off last nights game as he gave Jose Mourinho’s side a thirteenth min lead, however was instantly supplanted by Drogba in the wake of injuring himself scoring.
Soon after the king hit the pitch, Chelsea were granted a penalty.
Hazard, the assigned spot-kick taker, has revealed a speedy talk with Drogba was the reason he left behind the chance further bolstering twofold Chelsea’s good fortune.
“He asked me if he could shoot and I said okay, no problem – you are the king, I can’t say no!” Hazard said.
Drogba successfully converted to net his first strike for the club since scoring the winning spot-kick in the historic 2012 Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich.
Hazard later scored from a second penalty and added another in stoppage-time as Chelsea cruised to victory, which maintained their place at the top of Group G.
Chelsea are yet to lose this season in all competitions and Hazard is keen to maintain their unbeaten start.
“Against this sort of team you have to score early to control the game and we did fantastically,” Hazard added.
“I am very happy. It was important to stay on the top and we have to finish first.
“Being unbeaten is important for the confidence and we want to stay on the top until the end. I hope we can do that.”
Written by Steve Milne
