Andre Schurrle has described his Chelsea teammate Eden Hazard as "awesome" after the Belgian provided two assists for the German against Fulham.

Schurrle scored his first Premier League hat-trick in the league leaders' 3-1 win over the Cottagers yesterday afternoon.

The 23-year-old told The Independent: "Eden is awesome. He is a great player and everybody knows that. When we are on the pitch, he can take on two or three people, we make a run and he sees us.

"I am really happy for the three goals, but I am more happy for the three points. It's important for me of course, I want to play and I want to score goals for this great team and the great fans of this club."

Schurrle moved to Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen last summer.