Hazard wary of competitors

Eden Hazard says Chelsea are finding life as Premier League champions challenging as 'everyone wants to kill them'.

The Blues are eight points adrift of leaders Manchester City after four points in four games and suffered a rare home loss against Crystal Palace before the international break.

Hazard told fashion website HypeBeast.com: 'It's difficult to play as a champion because everyone wants to beat you, everyone wants to kill you.

'We wear the gold badge and... yeah, it's very good. We had a fantastic season last campaign.. if we could do the same this season we'd be good.'