Eden Hazard was in sizzling form as his hat-trick tore apart a well-organised Newcastle backline to move Chelsea to the top of the Premier League table. The 23-year-old has been arguably Chelsea’s Player of the Season so far with some sublime displays and has already scored 12 goals this season, three more than what he managed in the whole of last season.

Despite a string of eye-catching performances, the attacking midfielder hasn’t been recognised for his performances with Mourinho suggesting that the former Lille playmaker deserves more individual recognition.

According to TEAMtalk, he said, “Eden Hazard is this player, a player for some reason he didn’t get one single player of the month in this Premier League. And this performance today was just different than other performances because today he scored three goals.”

“But he had other performances exactly the same as he did today, so it is quite surprising for me that such a young player with what he is showing this season is never player of the month.”