Hazard: I'll never match Mourinho's Messi and Ronaldo expectations

Chelsea star Eden
Hazard has
admitted he
thinks Jose
Mourinho's
expectations of him scoring at
the rate of Lionel Messi and
Cristiano Ronaldo are beyond
him.
The serial Ballon d'Or winners
have already bagged 32 and 31
goals respectively in La Liga alone
this season, while Hazard has
netted just 11 times despite
playing in the Premier League's
second-most prolific forward
line.
The Belgium international
revealed last month that
Mourinho wants him to score
two or three times a game , but
he has now suggested that -
despite his fruitful season at
Chelsea - matching the exploits of
the Barcelona and Real Madrid
stars is almost impossible.
"I'm happy with my season at
Chelsea, just as I was last year,
and I am continuing to develop,"
the former Lille star told L’Equipe.
"People [like Mourinho] expect
me to score 30 to 40 goals per
season [like Messi and Ronaldo]
but I'm not like that.
"If there's one point I must
improve on it is to be more
efficient, to play more for me and
score more goals, but I had a
great season that can end up
with two trophies and that
would be great."
Chelsea are en route to securing
the Premier League title, though
Hazard says the gruelling nature
of English football makes it
almost impossible to compete
both domestically and in the
Champions League - even
claiming that losing to Paris
Saint-Germain was a blessing in
disguise.
"After the elimination against
Chelsea we were a little bit
disappointed," the Belgian
continued.
"But now we tell ourselves that, if
we went through, the schedule
would have been too hard to
carry on so maybe it was a
blessing in disguise. We could
have ended up losing everything.
"PSG deserved it. They played
better than we did. Now we only
have the league. We will try our
best to win the most games
possible in order to win another
trophy after the League Cup.
"The Premier League is very
demanding in terms of energy.
It's hard to play in Europe at the
same time. When you play tough
games at West Ham, Stoke, or Hull
and you have to play against top
European teams immediately
after...
"You could say it was a bad year,
too. We lacked luck. Arsenal did a
very good game at Monaco but
didn't go through."

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