EDEN HAZARD was substituted for the fourth game in a row as Chelsea’s wobbling front line struggled again.
The Belgian superstar revealed only this week that he is set to sign a new deal at the club once his compatriot and Blues 'keeper Thibaut Courtois does first.
But the £200million-rated midfielder was hauled off by frustrated boss Antonio Conte with more than half an hour left of an ineffective performance.
Hazard, 27, still has two-and-a-half years left on his £200,000-a-week deal with the Premier League champions but knows Real Madrid and most of the top sides would jump at the chance to sign him.
He took a long look at the Stamford Bridge scoreboard as he trudged off the field this afternoon to make a note of the time at which he was hooked.
It was the 58th minute of a game in which Chelsea were under the cosh from Leicester, in particular winger Riyad Mahrez. And they barely mounted an attack in response. Hazard was also taken off early in Wednesday Carabao Cup semi final against Arsenal and in the Premier League match against the same opposition a week earlier.
Hazard was left out altogether from the weekend stalemate in the FA Cup at Norwich which replays on Wednesday.
Chelsea keeper Courtois was forced to make a drastic one-handed save from Wilfred Ndidi and striker Jamie Vardy shot into the side netting inside the first ten minutes.
Leicester had to play the last 22 minutes with ten men after left back Ben Chilwell was sent off for being booked twice - in four minutes. Chilwell got his first yellow for fouling sub Willian and then lost his composure and put his studs into the shin of Victor Moses in the 68th-minute for the second.
Cesc Fabregas had a shot tipped over by Kasper Schmeichel in the first half.
Ultimately though, as Chelsea ramped up the pressure late in the game, the Foxes were able to cling on to a creditable draw.
From The Sun
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