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After looking so ordinary last season, Pedro Rodriguez and Eden Hazard have been the stars of this Chelsea team this season, and former Chelsea player Pat Nevin believes Marcos Alonso has had a huge impact in their success.

The Blues legend was impressed with Alonso after the game against Leicester City, and he wrote in his column for the official Chelsea website: “It is impossible to ignore the impact of Marcus Alonso in this game and indeed on the fantastic run of form we have been on in general. I have talked before about how much his running and covering helps the likes of Eden Hazard, because Eden, Pedro or whoever is ahead of him doesn’t need to chase back as much. It is also worth mentioning the reciprocal arrangement whereby Eden and co. vacate that space on the left-hand side intelligently, to allow Marcus to charge in there with such devastating effect.”