Terry feels Chelsea are lucky to have a player of Hazard’s calibre, but said they can not expect the 25-year-old to carry the team.
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“Hazard, Willian are players with great attitude with the other players”.
But the hosts should have been reduced to 10 men when Costa, booked in the first half for dissent, caught Adrian with an ugly, high challenge as the West Ham goalkeeper dallied over a clearance.
No matter how bad they played last season, Hazard and Costa still ooze quality on the ball and have that extra bit of class which will win the Blues countless games.
West Ham levelled the scores at Stamford Bridge courtesy of a James Collins goal but Costa’s long range effort meant the Hammers were unable to take anything from their opening game of the season.
French star playmaker Dimitri Payet could play but he is unlikely to start against the unheralded Romanians as Bilic believes he still hasn’t got the legs after his Euro 2016 exertions to last 90 minutes.
“It’s important to find the right spirit and intensity, we know that we can improve and we must improve a lot, but I am pleased for the team. The atmosphere was fantastic and I want to say thank you to the fans because they followed the players at the end”, he said.
Ayew trudged off little more than half an hour into his Premier League bow for the Hammers, before Chelsea prevailed 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Monday night.
“It’s a thigh injury”, Bilic said.
The Ghana attacking midfielder, a club-record signing from Swansea City, will undergo a scan on Tuesday, but already looks a doubt for Thursday’s Europa League play-off round first leg at Romanian side Astra Giurgiu.
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Hector has developed in to one of the best full-backs in the Bundesliga since breaking in to the Koln first team back in 2013 having joined the club from SV Auersmacher and is also now established himself in Joachim Low’s Germany squad. That’s the Kante we all know and rave about.
