Eden Hazard Returns To Form As Chelsea & Liverpool Draw

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Sreya

Liverpool scored a late stoppage time goal to deny Chelsea a win at the Anfield on Wednesday evening. Christian Benteke found the back of the net to preserve Liverpool’s home advantage, but it was another Belgian international who had put up an exceptional performance on the night.

Eden Hazard scored his fourth goal of the season and it capped off a night when Chelsea’s No. 10 returned to form after a harrowing season. Hazard turned up with the kind of suave and style which helped Chelsea win their Premier League last season.

“Hazard had a difficult year. He was one of the best last year and this year he was falling into injury, coming back nearly, falling back into injury and that made him vulnerable physically. You get frustrated. The last few weeks he has been working on a programme to be fully fit and now steadily he has got his shape and then you can see what he is able to do.

He has a lot of talent, is clever and can play one-on-one. He is conceding a lot of physical contacts but he goes on and it is nice to see. He is physically and mentally fit and it is a pleasure to see those sort of players.”

– Guus Hiddink, Chelsea Interim Manager.

Chelsea, for all the optimism which Hazard generated, should they able to hold onto him in summer, failed to finish the game once again as Jurgen Klopp’s aura of invincibility at Anfield loomed large.

This is Liverpool’s thirteenth undefeated match at home, but the Kops will need to put up a better fight should they aim to clinch the Europa League title away from Sevilla when they meet later this month.