Eden Hazard believes an in-form Chelsea can rattle Premier League rivals.

Antonio Conte's side won their first match of the campaign at home to West Ham on Monday night, but Hazard hopes a string of wins will get their title rivals worried.

“If you win the first few games all the other teams will see that and say you are ready for the Premier League," explained the Belgium international. “It scares them. If you don't start well, you can still be champions at the end but it's always better if you can win your first games. We know it's a strong League, where you don't know who will be champions at the start of the season.

'We hope it will be Chelsea, of course, but we know we have to fight for every game."