Eden Hazard faced the wrath of Tottenham Hotspur fans on Twitter following his most recent revelation on-air. The Belgium international claimed that the Chelsea fraternity, including the players and fans, did not want Totteham Hotspur to win the league this season. Instead, they were rooting for high-flying Leicester City to clinch the coveted title. During the interview with BBC's Match of the Day programme, the out-of-form star said:
"The fans, the club, the players, we don't want Tottenham to win the Premier League
"We hope for Leicester because they deserve to be champions this season.
"We have a good game next week against Tottenham and if we can beat them it will be good."
As expected, his confession attracted the wrath of Spurs fans, who are hoping for a Leicester City slipup as the title race heads down to the last three games.
Interestingly, his teammate Cesc Fabregas had earlier told Sky Sports that he would want the Foxes to clinch the league title, and just like Hazard, the Spaniard also confessed that he did not want their North London rivals to clinch the title. He explained:
"I believe they'll [Leicester] have it wrapped up by then
"Spurs are pushing hard to get as close to them as possible but I think Leicester will win it and deservedly.
"I don't want Spurs to win it and, for what they've done through the season, I would love Leicester to win the Premier League."
Quite understandably, Chelsea and Spurs are London rivals in the Premier League and as a result of the confession, Spurs fans took to social media to respond. The two London rivals are set to clash in their next Premier League fixture at the Stamford Bridge, in what is expected to be a heated match and a moment of glory or humiliation for both sides following the recent confession from the Chelsea duo. We have gathered some of the best tweets:
Eden Hazard, who has had one of the worst seasons I can think of, scores 2 goals at weekend and starts giving it the biggen about Spurs.
— Carl Dickinson (@CTR200) April 25, 2016
@ColinMurray Hazard has a whole host of Belgium teammates at Spurs wouldn't he want his international friends to win the trophy!
— Jamie Brennan (@spursbrennan) April 25, 2016
Everyone is so worried about Spurs even Eden Hazard is scared.
— Orlando Spurs (@OrlandoHotspurs) April 24, 2016
Hazard pretending he's not bothered by Spurs playing the best football in the leaguehttps://t.co/zA4ENuZOpr
— Spurs News Forum (@SpursNewsForum) April 24, 2016
This time last year Hazard was about to win PFA player of the year, now the only way he can get any relevance is talking about Spurs
— Billie (@Billie_T) April 24, 2016
Will end my Hazard agenda if he ends Spurs
— OziIosophy (@OziIosophy) April 25, 2016
Eden Hazard says he doesn't want Spurs to be PL champs... Judging by ur form dis year Eden you didn't want Chelsea to be champs either! #CFC
— Nathan Caton (@NathanCaton) April 25, 2016
Apparently Leicester deserve it more according to Hazard?If he looks at the league stats your find Spurs tops everything but the league#coys
— Roland Barker (@Barks78) April 25, 2016
Hazard scores against B'mouth when he's been missing all season then suddenly thinks he can talk about Spurs like his opinion is relevant.
— Yid Army ! (@jeweller2014) April 25, 2016
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