See who Hazard hailed after his hat-trick against Cardiff

Chelsea attacker Eden Hazard gave praise to a Chelsea player for his sublime hat-trick against Cardiff City at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Hazard was grateful and thank Olivier Giroud after Chelsea's dismantle Cardiff despite the visitors scoring first and the Blues needed to come from behind to win the match 4-1 at the Stamford Bridge.

Giroud provided two assists for the Belgian forward and after the game, the hattrick hero was thankful to the French striker.

After the game, Hazard told Sky Sports: "He's a target man, maybe the best in the world. I think so. When he gets the ball, he can hold it and we can go with him.

"For us, he's a player to play with. When Alvaro was playing it is completely different, he's a different player with different qualities, and it's good to have two good strikers in the team."

Hazard added: "We know, especially after the break, it's always hard to play well. But we got three points, that's what's important. We can play, we should play better, but we scored four goals and it's a good game for us."

Up next for the Hazard and his teammates is the game against POAK in the Europa League on Thursday.