25 April,2017 09:04 AM IST | | PA Sport
Ahead of tonight's tough tie against Southampton, Chelsea midfielder Cesc says their star playmaker can be an unstoppable force if he is more selfish
Eden Hazard, Cesc Fabregas
Chelsea's Hazard has scored 15 goals this season. Pic/Getty Images
London: Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard can be "unstoppable" if he is more selfish and is second only in ability to Lionel Messi, according to teammate Cesc Fabregas.
Hazard has played a influential roles in Chelsea's march towards Premier League title.
Belgium playmaker Hazard has rediscovered the scintillating form of Chelsea's last title-winning season, in 2014-15, to fire the Blues to the top of EPL and towards a possible double.
Antonio Conte's Blues next play Southampton at home today, the first of their final six games, which will determine the outcome of the title race.
Influential player
And the 26-year-old, who scored his 15th goal of the season against Tottenham on Saturday in FA cup semi-final, will be influential for the Blues.
"Eden can be whatever he wants to be," said Fabregas, who was a teammate of Messi's at Barcelona.
"Ability wise, there is only one player above him and we all know who he is: Messi. Sometimes when we have a counter attack and it's two against two and he passes the ball, I tell him, 'You have the capability to score by yourself. Do it'.
"He has to do it more often. I've told him many, many times, he needs to be selfish sometimes and have that killer instinct to score more goals. "I hope - and I'm sure - he will improve in the future. And then he will be unstoppable.
Cesc Fabregas
Fabregas felt Chelsea will have their task cut out against Southampton.
"Southampton didn't play for 10 days. It will be a very tough game. It's one of the most important games of the season."
Should Chelsea hold on and clinch the title, they can achieve the double for the first time since 2009-10 under Carlo Ancelotti - and in Conte's first season - with FA Cup final victory over Arsenal on May 27.
'Blues want the double'
"It's something special and it's something very difficult to do.
"Nowadays, especially here in England. Because in Spain you can do it. In Germany you can do it. In Italy.
"Doing it here would be something special, something to be very proud of. But to be able to do that, first of all we have to work very hard.
"Secondly, sometimes you need a bit of luck. Definitely we need to be very, very consistent until the end of the season," Fabregas added.
