Eden
Hazard has admitted Chelsea are desperate to stop rivals Tottenham from
winning the Premier League title.
Interim manager Guus Hiddink assured Chelsea fans his team would do
"everything in our power" to beat Spurs on May 2 at Stamford Bridge, a match
live on
Sky Sports 1 HD.
Chelsea will have a huge say in where the Premier League trophy will head as
they host current leaders Leicester on the last day of the season and Hazard
made it quite clear after Saturday's 4-1 win at Bournemouth who he wanted to
come out on top.
"We don't want Tottenham to win the Premier League, the fans, the club and
the players," Hazard told Chelsea's club website.
"In football you never know, we hope for Leicester because they deserve to
be champions but we will see. We have a big game next week against Tottenham
and if we can beat them it will be good."
Hazard struck twice - his first Premier League goals this term - and Pedro
and Willian found the net too, as Chelsea eased to victory at Bournemouth to
lift themselves up to ninth.
Hiddink, though, has vowed his players will not ease up at the end of a
disappointing campaign.
"We'll play the next game to win, and the next game is Tottenham," the
Dutchman said.
"At the end the strongest team will win the league. And the strongest team
is who deserves the league as well. We've got nothing at stake really and we
talked about that in the week.
"But we don't want the season to fade away - that's what we don't want. And
the players responded very well. Then of course we go into the next few
games where nothing effectively is at stake for us either.
"But if you play the way we played today then it's a guarantee that the team
will do everything in our power to go for the win. In terms of attitude they
will do everything until the end of the season, and of course, you know our
schedule - and the next game is Tottenham."
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