Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta is happy that teammate Eden Hazard is slowly getting back to his best.

Hazard has endured a very poor season by his usual standards and there has been a lot of talk that Chelsea are now ready to dispense with the services of the Belgian international at the end of the season.

As a sign of encouragement though, Hazard has put in improved performances over the past few weeks and Azpilicueta believes that the star winger returning to his best will prove crucial in Chelsea's hopes of ending the campaign with a few honours to their name.

The Spaniard said: "We are a much stronger squad if we have Eden playing at his best and have a better chance to get good results.

"It is better to have Eden in his best form now than at the start of the season. It is at the end of a season when you are playing for trophies and we will try to win the two we are in."