Hazard was clearly thrilled to help Belgium secure their qualification, and he used his Instagram account to reflect on the achievement on Sunday morning.
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However, The Belgians restored their two-goal advantage in the 56th minute when they awarded a penalty of their own, which Eden Hazard dispatched into the bottom corner.
“This is the first time in my career that I have had such a hard spell like this”, said the 24-year-old, who has scored in each of his last three Belgium matches.
Eden Hazard says Jose Mourinho was right to drop him in Porto and says he can not understand why he has endured such a miserable start to the season.
Last season’s Player of the Year is a shadow of his former self this time around and his form has also coincided with Chelsea’s poor performances, where they have collected just eight points from as many league games.
Both Hazard and the Premier League champions have failed to recapture last season’s form and are struggling to get their campaign back on track.
That type of football has been severely lacking from Hazard this term and he clearly knows it. He said: “It is true that I am no longer untouchable. You can be untouchable when you are playing well, but that has not been the case this season”, the 24-year-old was quoted as saying by La Derniere Heure.
In the absence of first-choice goalkeeper Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois, Liverpool custodian Simon Mignolet will don the gloves for the Belgium National team.
“I know I can do better”.
“In my opinion, Fellaini has been the best player in qualifying”.
Belgium host Israel in their final Euro 2016 qualifier, with the visitors now unlikely to join Marc Wilmots’ men in France.
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“I hope he does well, but not too well!”
