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Man Utd hero Brown: Mourinho should man-mark Hazard

Manchester United hero Wes Brown feels Jose Mourinho should consider man-marking Eden Hazard at Chelsea this weekend.

Brown wrote for manutd.com: "Eden Hazard is one of my favourite players to watch, to be fair. He's started excellently. I think he's carried on from what he did in the World Cup.

"I thought he had an excellent World Cup and this season for Chelsea, over the last few games, he's been excellent.

"He's definitely the star man and he's one of those players who is so good on the ball. He's so quick, he's so tricky and he can produce a goal. That is what we've got to watch out for at the weekend.

"I like the idea of man-marking. I remember the manager, Sir Alex, asked me to do that against Messi and Barcelona one time, with help from the team! I think it is quite simple: the less that Hazard gets of the ball, the less of a threat he is, so if someone can get tight on him pretty early on then hopefully he passes the ball off every time or we get a tackle on him. That's a good game plan because, even though Chelsea have started the season really well, he is definitely the main threat."

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