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Chelsea boss Mourinho: Hazard produced the magic we needed

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was delighted with Eden Hazard's performance for victory over Arsenal.

Hazard won and converted a first-half penalty in the 2-0 win.

Mourinho enthused: "I liked his performance very much. To be fair in these matches you need one of your top players to take some magic cards out of his pocket and he did it when it was 0-0, when the game was tight.

"He did an action that could finish the game if it was a penalty and red card, and not a penalty and a yellow card. That would have been game over.

"On top of that he scored the penalty and he had one or two more opportunities. His defensive work was really good, keeping the ball when we needed it. It was a very complete performance from him."

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