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Rough treatment doesn't worry Hazard

August 21, 2012
By ESPN staff


New Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has insisted he can handle the hard tackling after being subjected to a baptism of fire against Wigan Athletic on Sunday.

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Hazard, who joined Chelsea from Lille in the summer, shrugged off a challenge from Ivan Ramis at the DW to create the opener for Branislav Ivanovic before the same defender caught him to hand the visitors a penalty. He was subjected to a series of rough tackles ...

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