I heard a lot of things about it but no. Everything is good.
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‘He’s the best manager. “We hope we can win a lot of trophies together”, said Hazard, 24.
What must worry Chelsea is that Real are the kind of club that can encourage exactly that kind of attitude from Hazard.
“Smaller teams really need these decisions to be given as we won’t get five or six incidents like that in a game, we may only get one, if it is a free-kick or penalty we need it to be given”. The Blues are now in 15th spot with 14 points after 13 matches, which is another 14 points behind unexpected leaders Leicester City.
As Hazard left the pitch after 89 minutes there was a pointed standing ovation from the home fans, returned warmly by Chelsea’s No10 after a performance of twirls and flicks and, as Norwich sat doggedly deep, even a little swagger on the ball. “Yes, we spoke before the Stoke game”.
“Me and the fans didn’t deserve to have our heart in our hands in the last four minutes”, Mourinho said.
“I played a very good game in the (League) Cup in Stoke”. And, against Norwich, it was the same.
“If they played with five at the back I would have played with three at the back and used Kenedy as a left winger”.
“I like playing No 10”.
“I just want to play”.
“I think everybody played well; between Eden, Pedro and Willian they had a good dynamic”. Sometimes there is more freedom, sometimes not.
“I didn’t start the season well, I know that”. I know that. I don’t know why.
That bleak perspective is borne of the bitter experience of the last eight weeks during which Chelsea have won just twice in the league since beating Arsenal on 19 September, and there were times when you thought that this game might go the same way that so many others have for Mourinho.
Having only beaten Sunderland, Bournemouth and Swansea City, Norwich are looking to get their fourth win of the season to better ensure that they have the momentum to stay in the Premier League after recently being promoted last season via a play-off. We deserved to be enjoying the last four minutes with a 2-0, 3-0 or 4-0 result, but we couldn’t. I was feeling it and the gamers have been feeling it too.
The opposition is paying Hazard more attention, and the tendency of opponents to double up on him gives more space on the right flank, where Willian has been Chelsea’s most impressive attacking player thus far. “I try to be the best every time”.
“And then because we are in a fragile situation, we think that everything goes against us”. “Maybe he didn’t score enough this season”. But he tried everything.
‘I hope this result is the start of the recovery.
However, the 52-year-old believes his side can still finish in the top four, which will guarantee Champions League football next term, although he claims it will still be a challenge.
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Asked if it had been a unusual week for him, Hazard said: “Yes”.
