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Hazard admits it feels good to be compared to the world's best players but
insists he is more concerned with winning trophies.
Hazard has scored five goals in Chelsea's opening six Premier League games
as they have picked up 16 points from a possible 18 so far, and he added a
stunning late winner in Wednesday's 2-1 Carabao Cup third round victory at
Liverpool.
Chelsea assistant boss Gianfranco Zola said that goal, which Hazard has
described as "special", served as proof the 27-year-old is one of the
world's finest players.
When Blues midfielder Ross Barkley was asked about Hazard and the level of
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, he said he believed his team-mate was
currently the best in the world - a view also expressed by former Chelsea
captain John Terry on Instagram.
When he was asked how he felt about comments like that, Hazard said: "It is
good. I try to do what I can do when I am on the pitch. I am the same player
as two years ago, three years ago.
"At the moment, I am just scoring goals, so that is why everyone is talking
for me to be in the top three. It is a pleasure to be there. I just want to
keep going."
While Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri recently said he thought Hazard
could score 40 goals for the club this season, the former Lille player says
he does not have goal targets.
He added: "My target is to win something every year, I want to win trophies.
"We won the FA Cup last year. We knew the Premier League is going to be hard
because (Manchester) City, Liverpool, they have a lot of good players and
good teams. So we will give everything.
"It is not important how many goals I score. You know me, I don't care about
that. I just want to enjoy my football and win games."
Having inflicted their first defeat of the season, Chelsea will now look to
halt table-topping Liverpool's 100 per cent start in the league on Saturday
when the two clubs meet again at Stamford Bridge.
Hazard said: "The cup game was important for Saturday I think. After the
draw against West Ham [last Sunday] we are back on top, we won against one
of the best in the world at the moment, so Saturday we are going to be ready
for the game."
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