Chelsea ace Eden Hazard insists he was right to call out Belgium teammate Romelu Lukaku at the start of the World Cup.

Belgium are into the quarterfinals after victory over Japan on Monday.

And Hazard says as captain he had to rap Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku at halftime of their opening win against Panama.

"I didn't want to say that I was well within my rights to confront him, because I'm not always right," he told FIFA.com.

“But I think we saw a different Romelu in the second half with his two goals [against Panama]. I don't tend to talk a lot, but if I have to then I'll do it. There are some players you can be a little more direct with and others you have to approach in a different way."