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Hazard can continue taking Chelsea penalties if he wants - Mourinho

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has no problems if Eden Hazard continues to take penalties after his horrendous miss in the Champions League on Wednesday night.


The Chelsea winger blazed over his 6th-minute spot-kick against Maccabi Tel Aviv but thankfully for the Blues, it made no difference as they came away with a 4-0 win.

Chelsea received another penalty late in the first half which was duly converted by Brazilian midfielder Oscar.

"It's up to him. If he wants, yes. If he doesn't, no," Mourinho said of Hazard.

"How many times we have a penalty in the Premier League? I don't think it's a problem, to be fair.

"You start a game that you have to win and after five minutes you miss a penalty, it's a great test of the character of the team.

"It's good we had an extra negative episode and the reaction was very good."

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