Chelsea Player : about Important Winning against Hull City

Eden Hazard

About the Game

‘It was important after the draw at home [against Southampton],’ he said. ‘We now have nine finals to play and we have to win them if we want to bring the title to Stamford Bridge.

‘We know when you play away from home it’s always difficult. I remember in the game [at Hull] last season we scored two late goals but the match was difficult. It was the same again but the most important thing was to win.’

About Loic Remy

‘I know it’s not easy when you are on the bench but Loic is a very good player and very important for us,’

Kurt Zouma

‘It was an English match,’

‘It was far from easy but we will take the three points. That’s the most important thing right now.

‘We are focused on the championship now, taking it match after match and trying to win every game. We are happy we managed to do that. We have big players here and we found a way to score the winning goal.’

Loic Remy

About the Game

‘It was just a question of being in the right place at the right time and we are just looking forward to the next step. Hopefully we will win this title but we could see again in this game that it is not an easy league to win and that is why we will try to fight every game to win.

‘It was a really tough game against Hull City. After the two goals we scored they reacted in the right way and put us in a difficult situation. The two goals they scored in a row gave them confidence and it was a bit difficult but the most important is the win.’

About His role as a subs

‘It is true it is frustrating sitting on the bench but the manager knows all the team and he has very good quality in the squad,’

‘That is why when I came on I just played with my quality. Scoring goals is my job as a striker but I know there are only 11 players on the pitch and as soon the manager needs me I am here.’

‘The goal was a good moment for me but it was the work of all the team and we are working properly at training every day to achieve success. For us it is really important to win this kind of game. We are still of top of the league and we keep going in this way and will see what happens the season.’

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Steve Holland (Chelsea's first team coach assistant) : About Match againts Newcastle United

‘The second half was better than the first half,’ acknowledged Holland. ‘Our performance level has been very good and consistent this year. In the first half we dropped below that, Jose was very clear to the players at half-time with what they needed to do, and the performance in the second half was more like the Chelsea we’re used to seeing week in, week out. In the end it was a fairly comfortable win, which didn’t look like it would be the case at half-time.
‘The second goal in particular was very typical of our play around the penalty area. Oscar deserves credit for scoring the first goal and assisting the second, two big impacts on the game.
‘It’s very difficult to hit the levels people expect every week, particularly in this country because we play so many matches, especially at this time of year. The players have had a real battering over Christmas and to reach the level everybody wants to see week in, week out is almost impossible.’

About Mourinho said to the players at the break :
‘He’s a highly experienced manager who knows what to say and when to say it. He wanted the team to play further up the pitch, press further up the pitch, to be mentally more aggressive and assertive with and without the ball. He wanted us to play at a quicker tempo and sustain attacks in their half.’

About Kurt Zouma, who made his first Premier League start :
‘The club gets a lot of stick for not giving young players a go, Kurt Zouma is 20 and that wasn’t his first performance of the season but he was immaculate today. We all have belief in him but ultimately Jose, as the leader and manager, has to make the decisions, and he showed great faith in him today by starting him. That faith was repaid, I thought he was immaculate and I can’t think of one thing he did wrong.’

About Cech, Courtois & Cahill :
‘Thibaut had an injury to his finger which he sustained in the Tottenham game; he could have played but he had some pain. We’re so fortunate to have two goalkeepers at the highest level and it was an easy decision to make in the end, why take the risk?
‘We play for nine months, we look like we might play 60 matches, we’ve just come out of a Christmas period where Gary played in every game and we have faith in all of the players in our squad. That faith was repaid today."

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