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Chelsea must improve their defensive solidity if they are to challenge for silverware this season, winger Eden Hazard has said.
Despite coach Antonio Conte's
reputation of building teams around a solid defensive unit, Chelsea
have conceded nine league goals this season, including three against Arsenal on Saturday, the first of which came from an error by Gary Cahill.
The London club have kept just one clean sheet in six league games this campaign.
"Every
weekend at the moment we having to come back and score. We did it at
Leicester (League Cup) but against Arsenal, who were playing at home, it
was not possible," Hazard told the Chelsea website.
"There are no excuses (for Arsenal defeat). It was not good. We lost too many duels."
Chelsea,
without a win in their last three league games, are eighth in the
standings, eight points adrift of leaders Manchester City. They face
champions Leicester City and Manchester United in two of their next
three games.
"We need to be better. In the
last three games in the league there have been nine points available and
we have got one. It is disappointing," Belgian Hazard said.
"We need to go away and work on what we are doing wrong ahead of the big matches that are coming up."
Chelsea travel to Hull City on Saturday.
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