Eden Hazard admits he probably won't score as many goals as Messi or Ronaldo

There's no doubt Chelsea forward Eden Hazard can score goals - he notched 19 last season, after all.

But, the Premier League's reigning player of the year admits he probably can't score as many goals as some of his competitors across the continent, like Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo or Barcelona's Lionel Messi. Speaking to Sport/Foot Magazine, the Belgian international said an instinct for mercy prevents him from scoring goals by the bucketful.

"I often ask myself what I can do to become like Messi and Ronaldo and score 50 or 60 goals in a season," Hazard admitted, as quoted on Goal. "I try of course but I realise that I will never be a true scorer. It's not in me.

"It is mainly mental - at 2-0, not thinking that is enough, for example. Sometimes I still think, after a goal, 'that's enough.'"

Hazard has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Ronaldo and Messi, who accounted for 119 goals combined last season in all competitions. Add to that list Messi's Barcelona teammates Neymar (39 goals) and Luis Suarez (25 goals), and Hazard's goal-scoring ambitions seem even more daunting.

Still, it doesn't bother the 24-year-old winger.

"I'm not in search of records like some other players," Hazard said. "If I can score between 15 and 20 goals each season, I will be very happy. I'm at a peak of my career but I want to become even better every day. I'm not there yet."