Hazard Says, He Improved After A Week Under Conte

Eden Hazard has revealed that it took him just a week to improve under Antonio Conte, after the Italian took over.

The Belgium star spent two seasons under Mourinho and won the Premier League, the Europa League and EFL Cup.

Conte has only been in charge at Chelsea for a season and won the Premier League on first asking, with Hazard playing a vital role for Chelsea.

The Belgium international heaped praise on Conte, saying: “Even after a week I think I had progressed with him.

“But I think he’s shown not just at Chelsea but also at Juve that he’s a good coach and I think he has some good years ahead of him.”

Hazard, who is set to make his first club start of the campaign against Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup Wednesday following an injury-interrupted pre-season, added: “There’s a lot of tactics.

It’s not always nice as a forward as you have to run, defend and everything, but at least at the weekend, you know exactly what to do, you can even close your eyes and play. That’s good.

“We work a lot. It’s not always easy in training, there are a lot of hours of training, but it bears fruit on the pitch. We play well, we won last year. You can see that that’s the key to success: work.”