Chelsea's Eden Hazard scoops October's Premier League Player of the Month award

On target: Eden Hazard score four Premier League goals as Chelsea climbed the table
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Tom Dutton18 November 2016

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has been named October's Premier League Player of the Month after an impressive spell helped the Blues charge towards the league's summit.

The 25-year-old scored three goals and created another as the Antonio Conte's side hauled themselves back into the title frame with four successive victories.

Chelsea started October eighth in the table and seven points adrift of pace-setters Manchester City, but offered the perfect response following damaging defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal in September.

The Blues scored 11 goals and didn't concede a goal during the impressive sequence and Hazard says his form is down to a more selfish approach.

"People said I didn't shoot enough," he told the Premier League.

"Now I try to shoot and score every game when I'm on the pitch. Before I was thinking about the last pass to make an assist, now I can do it myself."

The Belgium international added: "Thank you for voting for me, see you next month for the same award."

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte scooped the managerial prize after his tactical shift in September prompted Chelsea's upturn.

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