Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock insists his players won't be targeting Chelsea winger Eden Hazard.

The two clubs will face off on Saturday at Stamford Bridge and although Warnock knows he has to stop Hazard, he won't resort to negative tactics to do so.

"I was hoping Barcelona bought Willian and Hazard went to Real Madrid this summer," he said.

"They are such great players. Hazard? People try to kick him but he just loves it, he just wants to play. I love his attitude. I can understand why Chelsea didn't let him go. He is a massive part of what they're trying to do. How do you stop him? Goodness knows. I was hoping Iceland were going to take chunks out of him when he played for Belgium the other night.

"In all seriousness, I won't set out to do that. We get tainted with the wrong brush. We got criticised after the Manchester City game — there was a tackle on Leroy Sane by our left-back, Joe Bennett. People made such a meal of it, you'd think we were animals.

"The reason Hazard gets fouled a lot is because he's so quick, so deceptive, so good. Some lads in the division will be late at times but it's merely because they're not at his level."