Eden
Hazard believes Chelsea have the Premier League title in their grasp
following the 2-1 victory over Stoke at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Hazard scored a penalty and set up Loic Remy's winner - either side of
Charlie Adam's 65-yard strike – as Chelsea opened up a seven-point lead at
the top of the table.
Jose Mourinho has targeted five wins and one draw in the remaining eight
games and Hazard is optimistic Chelsea will win a first league title in five
years.
Hazard said: "We are confident. We are first in the league and we take game
after game. We have the title in our hands. We want to bring the trophy to
Stamford Bridge."
The Belgium international reckons Chelsea should have beaten Stoke by a
bigger margin though.
"In the first half we created a lot of chances," Hazard said.
"We played beautiful football and okay, we scored just one goal, but we
deserved to score three or four.
"The most important thing was the victory and we did very well till the
end."
Remy's winning goal came after Diego Costa had come on as a half-time
substitute before going off with a recurrence of his hamstring problem 11
minutes later.
With Costa likely to be sidelined for an extended period, Remy could be
given a run in his absence, and Hazard is confident the France international
will sieze the opportunity.
"He can score every time when he's on the pitch. This guy deserves to score
a lot of goals," Hazard said.
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