Eden Hazard

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Both as bad as eachother with finishing imo.

Hazard against Lloris was typical, straight at the keeper but the keeper messed it up haha.

No it wasn't typical. He would have normally fired the ball like a baby like he did in front of the keeper against Maribor /manutd. But against westbrom and now tottenham, more power which is too hot for the keeper to save. He has that in his locker and its criminal when he doesn't use it at times.

[Barbara 15,149]

Both as bad as eachother with finishing imo.

Hazard against Lloris was typical, straight at the keeper but the keeper messed it up haha.

the power he put on the shot made it nearly impossible to be stopped. He did well.

Most of Costa goals are like that if you look closely. They're a bit deflected, but the power assures they get in.

[Moros 86]

Nah, his 'typical' is basically passing it to the GK like he did against Man Utd and Maribor

Nah, usually he dribbles past more defenders before he shoots on goal.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Loved the Tottenham goal. Wish he would smash it more rather than trying to place all the time. Leave the finesse finishes for Henry and Messi.

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Messi scored... against Chelsea? Come on

[Barbara 15,149]

Messi scored... against Chelsea? Come on

video games... turning little boys into war heroes, alien warriors, or players that score against Chelsea.

Let the fantasy go on.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

FIFA 15 advert: Lionel Messi goes head to head with Chelsea star Eden Hazard in Christmas special

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2862600/FIFA-15-advert-Lionel-Messi-goes-head-head-Chelsea-star-Eden-Hazard-Christmas-special.html

another clue

[DH1988 1,319]

Lloris barely had a chance to save it. It was shot with a lot of venom and was beneath him. Shows how much you know about football.

Yawn. Keeper should of done better.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Before people start blaming Hazard for the 2nd goal, please be fair and see where he lost the ball. It was in our own half almost. It was a very retreivable position but we failed to deal with it despite having so many bodies back. The entire midfield and defense were terrible there.

Hazard like many of our other players was trying to hard to force the issue after going a goal behind and got caught out. I won't crucify him for that at all. Instead, WHY we looked so clueless after going a goal behind is a much bigger problem.

[Rom2013 446]

Yes, it was his fault. Anyway he played well. Not many can say the same,.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Thought he was horrific.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Before people start blaming Hazard for the 2nd goal, please be fair and see where he lost the ball. It was in our own half almost. It was a very retreivable position but we failed to deal with it despite having so many bodies back. The entire midfield and defense were terrible there.

Hazard like many of our other players was trying to hard to force the issue after going a goal behind and got caught out. I won't crucify him for that at all. Instead, WHY we looked so clueless after going a goal behind is a much bigger problem.

Regardless of that, you can't deny he was awful today.

[Shaan 263]

apart from first 30min was really poor....

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Regardless of that, you can't deny he was awful today.

I disagree completely. I thought given the circumstances, he was clearly the brightest spark in attack. Many dangerous balls that others failed to capitalize on and was the only one who looked a threat with the ball, especially in the opening 20 mins of either half. Predictably had less influence when we went a goal down and started to play so incoherently.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

apart from first 30min was really poor....

If Hazard was poor in this game, I shudder to know the adjective that can be used to describe the non-performances of Costa, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Oscar and Willian.

Hazard can't be a super hero when we play like that. It's not even a situation where you can say, "give us a special moment" That's how bad we were. The clear negative was that he lost the ball a little bit too much, but the ref was ignoring a lot of clear fouls today.

[iseah100 5,612]

If Hazard was poor in this game, I shudder to know the adjective that can be used to describe the non-performances of Costa, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Oscar and Willian.

Hazard can't be a super hero when we play like that. It's not even a situation where you can say, "give us a special moment" That's how bad we were. The clear negative was that he lost the ball a little bit too much, but the ref was ignoring a lot of clear fouls today.

Him-Luis on the left for the next match please.

[The Skipper 20,593]

I disagree completely. I thought given the circumstances, he was clearly the brightest spark in attack. Many dangerous balls that others failed to capitalize on and was the only one who looked a threat with the ball, especially in the opening 20 mins of either half. Predictably had less influence when we went a goal down and started to play so incoherently.

The fact that he was the brightest spark in attack doesn't mean that he played well. I missed the first 20 minutes of the game so I genuinely wasn't impressed with what I saw knowing that he can give us a lot more than that. I'm just very disappointed because he hid during crunch time.

[WNDS 502]

Hazard was poor in the second half, but he is obviously exhausted. In almost every game up to (and including) the game against Maribor away, Hazard was beating men for fun and playing with real drive. In terms of raw stats per game he's actually been slightly more productive since then, but has been half the player in terms of general performance. He's lost some of that incredible acceleration and can no longer go past players with the same ease.

Mourinho has insisted not only upon starting Hazard in almost every game possible, but also upon making him play the full 90. Why? So he can 'stat pad'? There have been more than a few games in which we have entered the final 20 mins with a commanding lead/performance; Mourinho simply has to haul him off in these situations and trust the other players to see the game out, but never does. The result? Hazard's performance level is dropping just as we are entering the most congested part of our fixture list.

Please rotate more, Jose. You have a very good, balanced squad; use it.