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Antonio Conte backs Eden Hazard revival to fire Chelsea’s title challenge

He continued to torment the Burnley defence as further goals from Willian and Victor Moses maintained Chelsea’s flawless start to the campaign.

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Aguero has scored three goals in two Premier League games thus far, plus a hat-trick in the Champions League play-off first-leg victory over Steaua Bucuresti, and is in action against West Ham on Sunday. But I m pleased with his commitment and work-rate – and the same goes for all the players.

However, former Bayern Munich and Manchester United midfielder Hargreaves believes Hazard will hit top form under new Chelsea manager Conte this term.

Eden Hazard must be this decisive in every game, and I am pleased because I saw it today, but we must work to improve more.

Chelsea dominated from the outset and opened the scoring thanks to a stunner from Eden Hazard before Willian made it 2-0 from a tight angle just before half time.

“There isn’t a specific number”, the Italian told Sky Sports, but firmly stated “The club and I are working very hard every day to find the right solution in transfer market because we all know that this transfer market is very insane”. “Eden is a fantastic player, like the others”, Conte told reporters.

“The manager spoke about it before the game, for the last 13 matches we’ve conceded a goal so a clean sheet is always good for the confidence”, Hazard told the club’s official website. “The attitude is good and I like this”.

Under new coach Antonio Conte, Hazard seems to have been given more freedom to roam than he had under Mourinho who often criticised him for shirking defensive duties. “But it was against a very strong group, you only have to look at who they brought on to see the huge gulf between where we are as a club and this one”.

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