Chelsea are in Good Condition for Premier League Title Challenge, Says Eden Hazard

Chelsea are in "good condition" for a Premier League title challenge, says Eden Hazard, who admits he has "no chance" of winning the 2017 Ballon d'Or. The current league champions have made a solid start to their title defence, and are currently fourth in the table with 13 points from seven games.

Hazard believes that Chelsea are in a good place to win the Premier League for a second year, and says the lessons they learnt during their loss to Man City before the international break will help them against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

"I think the change from last season is both Manchester clubs - they are very good. They win games. I think we are almost the same," he told Soccer Saturday.

"We lost some players, some new ones arrived in the team and we lost before the international break but we are in good condition already for the title. As a Chelsea player, you just want to be on top at the end of the season, but we have to keep going and try to win every game.

"We learnt a lot [from defeat to Man City]. Firstly that playing a game three days after Atletico Madrid is not easy because we gave 200 per cent there and then we arrived here for the game against a great team. When they have the ball they are very strong.

"We lost Alvaro [Morata] after 20 minutes and for us, he is important as a target man who can find solutions. We shouldn't have conceded the goal and it was not a good game for Chelsea so I hope tomorrow we can have a good game against Crystal Palace."

Source - Skysports

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