Chelsea star Eden Hazard has declared again his earnest desire to play in the Champions League next season as the race for the top four in English Premier League still remains wide open.
Hazard has been linked with a move to Madrid in recent months, as Chelsea have stumbled in and out of the qualification places at the top of the Premier League table.
Having missed Europe’s biggest competition this current season, reclaiming their position among the continent’s elite for 2019-20 is viewed as essential for the Blues.
Sunday’s draw with Manchester United keeps Chelsea inside the top four, two points ahead of Arsenal in fifth, but Hazard is desperate for his side to kick on and secure that spot.
The Belgium star told Sky Sports after the game, “Chelsea has to play in the Champions League every year.”
“It’s one of biggest clubs in the world, and for myself also I want to play in the Champions League, and we will.”
Juan Mata, former Chelsea star scored early against his ex-employers at Old Trafford to put Manchester United on the scoreboard on Sunday, before a goalkeeping blooper from David de Gea delivered a simple chance for Marcos Alonso to equalise.
Hazard admitted clearly that he was satisfied with the share of the points, but however, believes that his side had enough to take victory late on.
“A good day but could be better. We came here thinking about winning the game, a draw is not a bad result for us but I think if we believe a bit more in our chances we can score another goal,” he added.
“We now have two games and we will try and be in the top four
“We started slowly but today we had a reaction and scored our goal. I don’t remember one chance for them in the second half and yes we just played a good game.
“The game was hard, in a good way, this Man Utd – Chelsea game is always tough.”