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Eden Hazard plays down Alvaro Morata partnership and deflects praise onto Chelsea team-mates

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Eden Hazard heaped praise on several team-mates after Chelsea's convincing victory over West Brom on Saturday.

The Blues recorded their biggest victory of the Premier League season as Alvaro Morata, Marcos Alonso and a double from Eden Hazard secured the points.

Morata opened the scoring after Hazard's shot was parried by Ben Foster while the two combined as the Belgian made it 2-0 later in the second-half.

The pair have gelled impressively in recent weeks and again won plaudits at The Hawthorns after displaying impressive understanding they have established across a relatively short period.

But Hazard was keen to deflect praise onto other members of Antonio Conte's squad.

"It’s not just [Morata] and me, it’s the whole team," he told Chelsea's official website. "When you play with [Cesc] Fabregas, Alonso on the left and [Davide] Zappacosta on the right you can feel the confidence. Everyone played with the ball and made great movement."

Conted added: "We performed very well.

"Morata and Hazard have a great link, they are now 100% fit."