Eden Hazard has revealed where he feels his best position on the pitch is.
The Belgian has been deployed as a central false nine in recent weeks by Antonio Conte after injury to Alvaro Morata.
But the Chelsea star feels that playing up front does not play to his strengths.Eden Hazard believes he is better suited to playing out wide than in a central position
He said after the 1-1 draw with Barcelona on Tuesday: 'You don't get a lot of balls. I might have touched 25 balls that night and 15 of them were flying towards my head.
'That is not really playing to my qualities. I won some aerial duels against Gerard Pique, and that's not bad.
'But if I had to choose, I prefer to play like I did in the last 10 minutes, which was out wide. But it's the manager who has the final word. On the wing I feel more comfortable. That's my place.'
Lionel Messi cancelled out a Willian opener to give the visitors a priceless away goal ahead of the second leg at the Nou Camp next month.Hazard believes the Argentine's goal gives the Spanish giants the advantage going into the return match.
'In games like that you have to be 100 per cent focused,' he said. 'One error, one goal. We should have scored more.
'We complicated it ourselves. A draw is a bad result. We won't be able to think defensively in Barcelona.
'If we only think about defending, we'll be in a lot of trouble. We will go to try to win. We have to win, we have to score.'


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