Chelsea star Eden Hazard has insisted that he is still capable of performing at the highest level following his poor start to the season, according to reports from the Daily Mail.
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The midfielder broke his duck for the campaign as his deflected effort went in to seal a 2-0 win for the Premier League champions.
Hazard was involved in nearly every good thing that Chelsea did, let’s not focus on the whole Diego Costa incident, Hazard was fluent in attack, although the dominant period for Chelsea was when Gabriel was already sent off.
Russell Martin now has three Premier League goals this season; the top scoring defender in 2015-16 (ahead of Kompany & Ward – two each).
But in a statement on Twitter, the 20-year-old Frenchman said: “Sorry for any confusion, English is not my first language and I did not mean to accuse anyone of cheating”. “I had a good game and scored with a bit of luck”. We want to try to win.
The current EPL champions take on Walsall in their League Cup match-up on Wednesday before facing off against Newcastle in their next League encounter on Saturday. Costa is facing a potential ban after being charged for violent conduct for a separate incident involving a physical confrontation with Laurent Koscielny.
Crystal Palace have won just four of their 23 Premier League games in the month of September (W4 D7 L12).
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Swansea’s Andre Ayew is the next most fouled player with 18 against him, an average of three per match. “It’s important for confidence and team spirit, and now we have to continue in this way”. We also have a loaded substitute’s bench-there were so many excellent individual displays this weekend, particularly up front. “Simply to say Diego is a player who puts pressure on his opponents and whom I have huge respect for”.
