Just want to ask if Hazard is actually any good? For a guy who is massively ball greedy, a great dribbler, world class passer and a finisher of great repute, his stats are crap.
This season he’s got 10 goals and 9 assists in 19 so is in form. The previous few seasons, he’s been lucky to get a goal or an assist every two matches. Doesn’t stack up against Son, Dele or Eriksen.
2018-19:
Eden Hazard - 12 goals and 9 assists
Son Heung-Min - 11 goals and 6 assists
Christian Eriksen - 6 goals and 9 assists
Dele Alli - 6 goals and 3 assists
2017-18:
Eden Hazard - 17 goals and 12 assists
Son Heung-Min - 18 goals and 11 assists
Christian Eriksen - 15 goals and 12 assists
Dele Alli - 14 goals and 15 assists
2016-17:
Eden Hazard - 19 goals and 7 assists
Son Heung-Min - 21 goals and 7 assists
Christian Eriksen - 12 goals and 23 assists
Dele Alli - 22 goals and 9 assists.
I'd say he was pretty damn good. Hazard is more than stats though, he'll win you plenty of fouls which can lead to goals from set pieces. He's one of the best dribblers I've seen in modern football, so hard to get the ball off of him, the way he shields the ball with his body and then gets away from people. He's alot more aesthetically pleasing than anyone we have in our team and sometimes that's all you need to have to be praised by the masses.
What those stats do show though is just how fucking good Son Heung-Min is as well as how underappreciated he is. For the past 3 seasons he's been neck and neck with Eden Hazard and he plays ALOT less minutes too.