Top 5 Chelsea conclusions after the PSG loss

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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 09: Eden Hazard of Chelsea has a rest during the UEFA Champions League match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain at Stamford Bridge on March 9, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images) /

1. Eden Hazard must be sold

For a brief moment in the first half of the match I thought that Eden Hazard might have regained his mojo for Chelsea. I could not have been more wrong.

At the half he rightfully drew the ire of thousands of Chelsea fans by exchanging shirts with PSG attacker Angel Di Maria. If only that had been his biggest sin on the day. He followed that by an utterly listless second half performance.

Hazard was the first Chelsea man to give up after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s game winning goal. While the odds against the Blues were stacked against them at that point, they needed their most talented player to try to drive them on. Instead he limped off the field with a rather convenient injury ten minutes after Ibra’s goal.

If you’re wondering whether or not I’m questioning the legitimacy of Hazard’s I absolutely am. The best case scenario is that the Belgian suffered another leg injury due to being continually out of shape. The more cynical view is that Hazard lost interest in the match once his team went down and milked a minor injury to remove himself from the fray.

Either alternative is wholly unacceptable if you’re a Chelsea fan. Hazard isn’t the kind of star the club can count on any longer. The next manager should sell the Belgian attacker while his price is still high. If they wait any longer, the rest of the world may become wise to the soft nature of his game.

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