Hazard: I am a better player

Eden Hazard believes he is a better player now than when he was crowned PFA Player of the Year.

Hazard scored 14 goals and registered nine assists as Chelsea won the 2014-15 season but he struggled to make an impact in the Blues' dismal title defence last year.

He has rediscovered his form under Antonio Conte, scoring ten goals to help Chelsea move nine points clear at the top of the table, and the Belgium international feels he is a better player than he was two years ago.

"With experience you get more. I think I'm a better player. But I think we are in better form as a team. It's not just me," Hazard said.

"A couple of years ago I was on fire. Maybe I can score more goals this season. We have a lot of games to play, we will see."

Hazard limped off in the 84th minute of Chelsea's 3-1 defeat of Arsenal at Stamford Bridge after taking a kick to the ankle from Francis Coquelin. Despite picking up a knock the 26-year-old is happy to be targeted by the opposition.

"I try to be this kind of player that when I get the ball I do something. From the moment I get the ball, I try to do something," he explained. "Sometimes in the past, I don't touch the ball for 20-30 minutes. But now I try to touch the ball all the time and play my football for my team-mates.

"The manager asks a lot of me. A lot. When we don't have the ball, he wants me to defend, to close inside and be ready to chase the diagonal [pass], and when we do have it I have to counterattack and be free, always trying to do some 'magic' like I did here."

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