Chelsea coped very well without star forward Eden Hazard in the Premier League clash against Burnley last Sunday, and David Luiz says his side are not overly reliant on the Belgium international.
Hazard has missed Chelsea’s last two games with an injury he picked in the 1-1 draw with Manchester United last weekend. He walked off the pitch after the game with a back injury and has not featured for Maurizio Sarri’s side ever since. His form in the early part of the season suggested Chelsea might suffer without him, but their relentless progress in the past week says otherwise.
The Blues swept past BATE Borisov with relative ease as Ruben Loftus-Cheek grabbed a hat-trick, before scoring four against Burnley at Turf Moor. Alvaro Morata, Willian, Ross Barkley, and Loftus-Cheek were the goal-getters and Luiz thinks the Stamford Bridge outfit have shown that suggestions that Chelsea are dependent on Hazard are exaggerated:
“We have many talented players here, not just Eden. It is every single one. Even when we lost Pedro in the first 10 minutes of the game and in came Ruben [Loftus-Cheek]. We have other talented players also.
This is a big club and at a big club, you cannot just play with 11 players. You have to have a minimum of 18 or 19 players ready to play and we are happy because we have more than 20. This is why you try to prepare well during pre-season to be ready during the season.”
David Luiz, Goal
