Hazard plays down Lukaku comments

The score-line doesn't give the full story of Belgium's World Cup opener on Sunday where a laboured first-half performance was followed by a second-half blitz.

Following the victory, Hazard hit out at Lukaku for "hiding" during the game against Panama, despite the striker scoring two goals after the break.

However, ahead of their second match against Tunisia, Hazard has tried to limit the damage, playing down the implications.

He told 'Sky Sports' Gary Cotterill: "As the captain, even if I am not the captain I can talk, on the pitch I try to give my best, if I can help players to be better - I will.

"I just told Romelu [Lukaku] if we want to win the game we need him, not just as a scorer to score goals, but we want him to be involved in the build-up.

"We just talked normally and we won the game in the end so it was fine."