Skip to content

Eden Hazard says current Chelsea team better than 2015 champions

Chelsea's Eden Hazard celebrates
Image: Chelsea's Eden Hazard has scored nine goals this season

Eden Hazard believes the current Chelsea team is better than the side that won the Premier League in 2015.

Antonio Conte's men lead the Premier League table by six points and will be looking to make it 13 wins in a row on Saturday when they face Stoke City.

Sky Sports Month Pass for just £20
Sky Sports Month Pass for just £20

New customer winter madness offer: Sky Sports Month Pass for just £20

Chelsea won the 2014/15 title under Jose Mourinho by eight points with Hazard playing a starring role and winning the PFA Player of the Year award.

When asked if Conte's side is the best Chelsea team he has played in, the Belgian, who arrived at the club in 2012, said: "Yes because we win every game! We are full of confidence.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player

Highlights from Chelsea's 3-0 win over Bournemouth

"We try to do something that we didn't do in the past. We score some goals."

Chelsea claimed a club-record 12th successive top-flight victory with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Boxing Day with Hazard scoring from the penalty spot.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 24: Chelsea players and staffs celebrates the Premier League title after the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunder
Image: Hazard believes Antonio Conte's side is better than the2014/15 title winners

Arsenal hold the record for consecutive wins within a season with 13 from the 2001/02 campaign and Hazard thinks Chelsea could surpass that feat.

Also See:

"We feel good. We are full of confidence. We take game after game and try to win every game," Hazard added.

Eden Hazard celebrates with team-mates after scoring Chelsea's second goal
Image: Chelsea have won their last 12 Premier League games to go six points clear at the top of the table

"We don't look at records but if we can make history in this club we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.

"This league is very difficult. Every game we try to win.

"But now the opponents try to give everything because they want to be first. Now we are first and everyone wants to beat us."

New customer winter madness offer: save over 40% on your Sky Sports Month Pass, just £20

Around Sky