Eden Hazard has said he believes missing out on Champions League football next season could be a blessing in disguise for Chelsea.

Antonio Conte’s side currently sit 5th in the Premier League table, and the weekend’s draw against West Ham saw them slip to ten points behind fourth placed Spurs with only six games to play.

Any hope of qualifying for the tournament via winning it this season was also ended last month when the Blues were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by favourites Barcelona.

With now only the FA Cup left to play for, many would consider this season to be a failure on the part on Antonio Conte and his men, however Hazard sees things a little differently.

“I hope, for the Chelsea fans and ourselves, that we can achieve something,” Hazard told Chelsea’s official website.

“We still have the FA Cup to play for so we need to bring this trophy to Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.

“When you play for Chelsea you want to be in the Champions League every year but last year we didn’t play in it and we won the title.

“So sometimes a bad thing can create a good thing, but we will play [to try and qualify] for the Champions League, for sure.”