Chelsea fear PSG says Hazard

Eden Hazard has admitted Chelsea fear Paris Saint-
Germain ahead of their Champions League round-of-16
encounter.
PSG sent Chelsea packing at this stage last season – after
the Premier League side had emerged victorious when
the sides met in the quarter-finals in 2013-14 – and
Hazard admits that disappointment is still lingering in their
minds.
“Everybody at Chelsea thought ‘no, not PSG, not them again!’
after the draw,” he told Le Parisien.
“We still have the memory of last season’s tie. We had
everything in our own hands to progress, we were playing at
Stamford Bridge, PSG were down to 10 players. But we
crashed out after conceding twice from a corner, normally one
of our strengths.
“And we have to acknowledge that PSG are a team to be
feared this season. They win all their games and have some
great players in all positions. They are on par with Barcelona
and Real Madrid at the moment.

“Teams go to Parc des Princes knowing that they could be in
for a thrashing. Could that happen to Chelsea as well?
Anything can happen.
“But we still have some great individual players and are very
talented. Don’t write us off just yet. Go ahead and say PSG
are the favourites…”
Hazard further singled out Marco Verratti as PSG’s key
player ahead of Tuesday’s first leg and he believes its to
the advantage of Chelsea that the Italian is unlikely to start
after only recently recovering from injury.He,
however,warned that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Angel Di
Maria also pose a major threat.
“Verratti is their main man for me. He is in control and is their
engine. Whenever they are having a bad game, he can take
them by the hand and unlock the situation,” he added.
“I saw that Verratti will probably start from the bench and that
is perhaps good news for us. But as a football lover, I would
like to see him play. Plus he gave me a fair few kicks over the
past two seasons and I would like to show him that I have not
forgotten about that!
“And there is obviously Zlatan who is scoring a lot of goals.
“Di Maria is enjoying a great season as well. He went through
a bad experience at Manchester United and people had
forgotten about him a bit. But he has become one of the best
players in the world again at PSG.
“Sometimes it is good to move elsewhere. Things can go very
quick.”