Mateo Kovacic picked up a loose ball in mid field and knocked it on to the Belgian star before he rounded Ben Foster to make it 1 - 0.
Roberto Pereyra hit back almost instantly to level matters prior to the break.
In the 58th minute,Foster picked up a yellow card as he burst into Hazard with the refree pointing to the spot.The Belgian star stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way to give Chelsea the 2 - 1 win.
He joined Chelsea from Lille in 2012 and has now made 322 appearances for them across all competitions.
Of Hazard's 101 goals for the club, 79 of them have come in the Premier League, with eight having been scored in the Champions League, seven in the League Cup, five in the FA Cup and one in both the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.
Bournemouth, Newcastle and West Brom are Hazard's favourite opponents in terms the opposition he has the best goalscoring record again during his time at Stamford Bridge, with seven having arrived against each of those sides.
Hazard has now scored in three of his last four games for Chelsea.
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