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Hazard: I can't believe I'm scoring headers for Chelsea

ESPN staff
March 28, 2015
Eden Hazard says he has improved since joining the Premier League © PA Photos
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Chelsea forward Eden Hazard believes playing in the Premier League has made him a better player.

Hazard, 24, joined Chelsea in the summer of 2012 from Ligue 1 side Lille for a fee in the region of £32 million. After winning the Europa League in 2013, he picked up his first domestic medal in Chelsea colours earlier this month when they beat Spurs in the final of the League Cup.

Now the reigning PFA Young Player of the Year is tipped to win the senior award this year after a fine season that has propelled the Blues to the brink of the Premier League title.

Hazard said: "I have become stronger in England because I play with and against greater players. I have to raise my level. I am gaining experience. It's a big match every weekend. Each season I find new qualities.

"This season I score headers. Who would have thought it? I am progressing. I'm happy with my season like I was with last season. I am continuing my apprenticeship.

"People expect Eden to score 30 to 40 goals a season. I don't think about doing it. I'm not like that. If there is a point in my game where I still need to work, it is of course, to be more efficient.

"To play even more for myself, to score goals. But I am having a great season. Maybe I will have two trophies and that will be great."

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