#5 Eden Hazard is back
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If anybody had doubts over the Belgian dynamo, they shouldn’t have anymore. Hazard had to endure his worst league season last time around as the last Premier League campaign saw him struggle to find his form and confidence.
However, if Monday night was any indication, the diminutive Belgian was back to his free flowing best. Hazard in full flow on the footballing field is a thing of beauty and for opposition, a menace they would rather not deal with.
In Chelsea’s season opener against West Ham, the nimble footed winger threatened time and again from the left, waltzing through the Hammers’ defence at times. The 25-year-old ended the game with a 100% success rate on 6 of his take-ons and a goal from the penalty spot to help Antonio Conte grab all three points on his managerial debut for Chelsea.
#6 Jermain Defoe’s still got it
There are strikers and then there are natural goalscorers. And not many know the path to the back of the net as well as Jermain Defoe in the Premier League. Even at the age of 33, the England international is a handful with his nifty movement and immaculate finishing skills and Sunderland are lucky to have such a player.
The Black Cats faithful were again witnesses to Defoe’s predatory instincts in front of goal as he dragged the Wearsiders back into the game with his goal. In doing so, he became only the 8th player in Premier League history to score in 16 different seasons.
If David Moyes and Sunderland are to make good of this season, they need goals and they should be thankful that they have the services of Jermain Defoe.
