Eden hazard said Chelsea is in good condition for primer league titel

Chelsea are in "good condition" for a Premier League title challenge, says Eden Hazard, who admits he has "no chance" of winning the 2017 Ballon d'Or.

The current league champions have made a solid start to their title defence, and are currently fourth in the table with 13 points from seven games.

Hazard believes that Chelsea are in a good place to win the Premier League for a second year, and says the lessons they learnt during their loss to Man City before the international break will help them against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

"I think the change from last season is both Manchester clubs - they are very good. They win games. I think we are almost the same," he told Soccer Saturday.

The midfielder says that Chelsea are in a 'good condition' to challenge for the title

We lost some players, some new ones arrived in the team and we lost before the international break but we are in good condition already for the title. As a Chelsea player, you just want to be on top at the end of the season, but we have to keep going and try to win every game.

"We learnt a lot [from defeat to Man City]. Firstly that playing a game three days after Atletico Madrid is not easy because we gave 200 per cent there and then we arrived here for the game against a great team. When they have the ball they are very strong.

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"We lost Alvaro [Morata] after 20 minutes and for us, he is important as a target man who can find solutions. We shouldn't have conceded the goal and it was not a good game for Chelsea so I hope tomorrow we can have a good game against Crystal Palace."

So far, it has been a good week for Hazard. He was named on the 2017 Ballon d'Or 30-man shortlist on Monday before he and his brother, Thorgan, both scored for Belgium in their 4-0 win against Cyprus in their final World Cup Qualifier on Tuesday.

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While Hazard does not expect to win the Ballon d'Or, he has identified what he needs to do to lift the illustrious award in the future but admits he is not targeting it in his current plans.

"I have no chance [of winning]. I think a lot of players are better than me but I am happy to be in the last 30 players. I know I am on this list because I play for Chelsea and because I play with great team-mates. They help me every week to be on this list," he added.

Hazard was included in the 30-man Ballon d'Or shortlist on Monday

"I don't know if in the future I can have the chance to win the Ballon d'Or but it is not my objective now. My objective is to play and to enjoy myself on the pitch.

"For the last 10 years, it has always been Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but Neymar is coming and a couple of others so we will see when Messi and Ronaldo stop playing, maybe we have a better chance but for the moment, it is not in my head.