Eden Hazard calls for 'sad' Chelsea players to work together and rescue season

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Vaishali Bhardwaj9 April 2018

Eden Hazard has urged his "sad" Chelsea teammates to pick themselves up and fight to rescue their season after the club's latest slip-up in the Premier League.

Chelsea were winning their London derby clash against West Ham on Sunday courtesy of Cesar Azpilicueta's 36th-minute goal but, despite dominating the game, the Blues went on to concede in the 73rd minute to draw 1-1 at Stamford Bridge.

The result means Chelsea have only won three Premier League matches in 2018, and now sit 10 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham in the race for a Champions League spot.

And Hazard has called on his teammates to "work together" and get back to winning ways as the champions try and end the season on a high.

"When you see the game we did everything, especially in the first half," Hazard told Chelsea's website.

"This season isn’t going well, we made some mistakes and conceded a goal. Then, in front of goal we didn’t score, so that’s it, at the end of the game it’s 1-1 and we are all sad.

"We need to work together. There are six games left to play in the league and we will try everything to be in the top four at the end of the season."

Like last week against Tottenham, the game against West Ham saw Chelsea give up a lead to drop points.

It is now the eighth time in 2018 that Chelsea have let slip a winning position to either draw or lose a match - which Hazard admitted is a streak that must be stopped by the team.

"This season a lot of the games have been the same," the Belgian added.

"I remember away at Manchester United, we were in control of the game and in the end we lost. Last week against Tottenham, we were in control in the first half and then we lost the game, so this season isn’t going well. We need to work together."

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