Hazard too good for Brighton as Chelsea win comfortably

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Eden Hazard masterminded Chelsea’s 2-1 Premier League win at Brighton&comma; teeing up Pedro before netting himself at the Amex Stadium&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Belgium star laid on an assist for a personal record fourth consecutive league game&comma; then fired his eighth league goal of an already hugely-fruitful campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard has now had a hand in 17 goals in 16 Premier League appearances for Chelsea this term – last season he only mustered a combined 16 goals and assists&comma; in some 34 turns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Solly March’s neat half-volley set up a tense finish&comma; but Chelsea still remained worthy winners on the south coast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard actually ended a seven-match league run without a goal&comma; but even amid that barren run he has still been serving them up on a plate for his team-mates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 27-year-old’s set up for Pedro’s tap-in even leaves him as Europe’s current assist king&comma; with his nine tee-ups topping the charts across the continent’s big five leagues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has challenged Hazard to hit 40 goals this season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The peerless creator may well hit that number in goals and assists combined&comma; and that might just satisfy the Blues’ taskmaster Italian manager&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard’s first meaningful contribution yielded the opener&comma; the peerless Belgian twisting and turning Brighton’s defence into enough of a spin that all Pedro had to do was tap his team-mate’s rolled pass into the back of the net&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Full-time&colon; Brighton 1-2 Chelsea&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goals from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;&lowbar;Pedro17&lowbar;&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;&lowbar;Pedro17&lowbar;<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hazardeden10&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;hazardeden10<&sol;a> secure the three points on the south coast&period; 🙌 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;BHACHE&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;BHACHE<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;ZXxP5HXluY">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;ZXxP5HXluY<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Chelsea FC &lpar;&commat;ChelseaFC&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ChelseaFC&sol;status&sol;1074323436418281472&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 16&comma; 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chelsea were so imperious so quickly that Mateo Kovacic lazily sprayed an errant pass across the face of goal to gift Solly March a genuine scoring chance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Brighton midfielder drilled a strike on target&comma; but his 20-yard effort had nowhere near enough venom to trouble Kepa in the Chelsea goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Momentary aberration negotiated&comma; Chelsea re-calibrated course&comma; and quickly doubled their lead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Leon Balogun passed straight to Willian as Chelsea’s regimented defensive shape paid further dividend&comma; and the Blues’ Brazil forward sent Hazard scampering clear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even from some 40 yards out&comma; everyone inside the Amex just knew Hazard would score – but no one more than the magisterial goal creator himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hazard strode on and swept the ball past Brighton’s bystander goalkeeper Mat Ryan&comma; to cement victory with little more than half an hour on the clock&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marcos Alonso stepped out of Chelsea’s cruise control to drum a fine 20-yard effort against the post just past the hour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But just when Chelsea settled in for an armchair ride to the final whistle&comma; 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