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I couldn't help but think while watching Hazard yesterday: "if we had a Hazard physique with a Juan Mata brain and maybe plus 4 centimeters height..." In the bigger picture, I still think Chelsea can pass and move more quickly during some sequences in possession, but Hazard needs to fashion some better chances for himself and others regardless.

I'm very happy for Ake yesterday.

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I couldn't help but think while watching Hazard yesterday: "if we had a Hazard physique with a Juan Mata brain and maybe plus 4 centimeters height..." In the bigger picture, I still think Chelsea can pass and move more quickly during some sequences in possession, but Hazard needs to fashion some better chances for himself and others regardless.

I'm very happy for Ake yesterday.

I don't know about the height. Probably if he was significantly taller it would affect his balance and dribbling, it's much easier to do it when you have a low center of gravity. That's how he can quickly change directions with explosive pace and still stand on his feet when knocked by defenders. His physique is very Messi-esque and it shows in his dribbling which resembles Messi's a lot with that close ball control and quick change of directions. Besides, if there's anyone on the pitch who can afford to be a bit on the shorter side of the spectrum are the wingers and attacking midfielders.

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I couldn't help but think while watching Hazard yesterday: "if we had a Hazard physique with a Juan Mata brain and maybe plus 4 centimeters height..." In the bigger picture, I still think Chelsea can pass and move more quickly during some sequences in possession, but Hazard needs to fashion some better chances for himself and others regardless.

I'm very happy for Ake yesterday.

who can dribble like that is near 6ft?

Landrup? Ronaldo? Ronaldinho?

Also, hazard would have a cr7 body if he was 6ft and that would make him a totally different player... His massive lower body strength, combined with his low center of gravity allows him to be one of the best dribblers in the world...

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He just tore Maribor a new one and he's still getting criticism. I don't know if it's because some of you are just negative in general or we simply have extremely high expectations of him. Koeman was full of praise of him said he's as good as Neymar and Suarez while Glenn Hoddle was also waxing lyrical about his ability.

Lee Dixon insinuated Hazard was selfish post match in the ITV Studio last night which actually brought a tear to my eye. Hope he see some more of that greediness against United this weekend. Even Steve Clarke said he needs to take matters into his own hands more.

I think Jose's "talks" with him are slowly starting to sink in. Players like Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Messi etc were born with a killer mentality while it seems Hazard needs to have it coached in him.

He made more of an effort to get into the box yesterday and those trademark runs were ending in shots. That said though, the two opportunities he passed up pissed me off. The fail dragback after the 1-2 with Drogba and the lack of anticipation before the OG. It's all very well saying "at least he's getting more chances to score" but frankly, he needs to be burying those. Should have got his first CL hat-trick yesterday.

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I couldn't help but think while watching Hazard yesterday: "if we had a Hazard physique with a Juan Mata brain and maybe plus 4 centimeters height..." In the bigger picture, I still think Chelsea can pass and move more quickly during some sequences in possession, but Hazard needs to fashion some better chances for himself and others regardless.

I'm very happy for Ake yesterday.

Height doesn't matter in football except you are GK or CB...

If Hazard would be taller he certainly wouldn't be able to do his low gravity dribbling, in which only Messi is better at.

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Simply magnificent yesterday. But despite that, I did not vote for him for MOTM for a simple reason:

I thought that throughout the game he was simply unstoppable up until the final third where he was guilty on many occasions of trying to over-do things. Tried to be a bit too cute at times and I don't like when players do that. I don't like when someone tries to showboat and only go for the spectacular even when we're 3-4 up against a team like Maribor.

Keep it simple and just get the job done. Other than that he was purely magical at times.

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Glad he tried to over do things in this match and get some momentum ready for United if I'm honest after hearing Jose's conversation with Eden's father, there are games where you can be focused/disciplined and I don't think this was one for obv reasons.

Nice to let the leash off but we're kidding ourselves if we are expecting this going forward against teams that we need to be tactically aware of, i.e. Sunday.

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More hunger, more runs off the ball, more direct dribbling into the box, more shots. Fantastic performance, do this in more matches even if it doesn't end in goals and we'll be moving from a discussion of a wonderful talent to a ballon'd'or contender.

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I'm 100% sure Hazard missed one PK for Chelsea. Don't remember against who it was though.

I don't know a better PK taker than Eden. Who needs power and accuracy when you let the GK make the first move..

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