Jose Mourinho has defended attacker Eden Hazard following his late penalty miss in Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Maribor in the Champions League.
Hazard had the perfect chance to put the Blues through to the next round of the Champions League, however, the Belgian attacker missed and therefore gives his side a nervous wait in the coming two group games.
But Blues boss Mourinho refused to criticise his star man, speaking to Sky Sports: “When players play so well like Hazard did, he was fantastic and by far the best player of my team.
“Players like this can miss a penalty and still be the best in my team. We paid the price of not a good first half and their goalkeeper was fantastic.
“In the first half we didn’t play well. I was not happy with the team or the performance.
“I changed at half-time with the conviction that team was going to improve. I was proved right, but they scored, their belief was higher and our players starting feeling the pressure.”