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Eden Hazard opens up on playing under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, as he insists he has 'huge respect' for the legendary coach, but admits 'the relationship went away' during the manager's disastrous final season

Eden Hazard has admitted his relationship with Jose Mourinho broke down during the manager's disastrous final season at Chelsea.

Mourinho returned for his second spell at Stamford Bridge in 2013, and won his third Premier League title with the club two years later, with Hazard playing a starring role for the Blues.

But Chelsea's title defence went calamitously wrong, and Mourinho was sacked in December 2015 with the team down in 16th place.

Speaking on former team-mate John Obi Mikel's Obi One Podcast, Hazard claimed his first two years with Mourinho could hardly have gone better, but revealed their relationship became strained towards the end, with Hazard not scoring a league goal until April in the 2015-16 season.