Sunday 29 October 2017 14:43, UK
Eden Hazard has declared himself ready to hit top form ahead of a pivotal week for Chelsea.
The Belgium playmaker struck the winner in Saturday's 1-0 victory at Bournemouth, to keep Chelsea nine points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Hazard missed the start of the season after ankle surgery but has now claimed three goals in as many Chelsea games in all competitions.
The Blues travel to Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, before hosting Manchester United in the league on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League - and Hazard hopes now to kick himself and his side into a new gear.
Asked if he is now back to full fitness after his injury, Hazard told Chelsea TV: "Yeah for sure, definitely. I'm training hard, the injury is the past. I'm fully ready for the next game, I just want to play.
"A big week is coming, so it was important also for the confidence to stay high, after the game against Watford, to win at Bournemouth. We are full of confidence now, two big games in Champions League and Premier League. And we are ready to play both."
Chelsea laboured in front of goal despite dominating against the Cherries on Saturday, but Hazard's low strike sealed the win.
Antonio Conte admitted after the match the importance of the victory in terms of Chelsea's Premier League title defence while Hazard echoed those sentiments, especially bearing in mind the Blues' profligacy in front of goal.
"It's a massive win, massive," Hazard added. "We should have scored more goals, but we did well in defending together and at the end of the game we had the three points, and that's the most important thing.
"At half-time, we just said 'we need to keep pushing, to keep playing like this, we are playing well and the only problem is that we haven't scored'.
"We know the quality of the team that we can score at any time. So we did, I did, and it's important because we won."
