​ Eden Hazard has been accused by a Belgian newspaper of faking his hip injury against Leicester in an attempt to ‘boycott’ Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.





Hazard was substituted after half an hour of Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester on Monday, with the Belgian claiming he was unable to play on after a heavy challenge from Jamie Vardy.





The winger re-entered the field of play immediately after receiving treatment on the sidelines, only to walk straight back off again and make his way down the tunnel, much to the bemusement of Mourinho and the medical staff.





Mourinho branded Hazard’s injury as “serious”, although there was more than a hint of sarcasm in the Portuguese coach's voice and now newspaper reports in the 24-year-old’s native Belgium have questioned the winger .

Headline on the front page of a Belgian paper: did Eden Hazard fake serious injury to boycott Mourinho ? #cfc pic.twitter.com/VAf8RKdS6m — Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) December 16, 2015

Hazard will undergo a scan on the hip injury in order to evaluate its severity, but it is thought he will be fit to face Sunderland on Saturday.





Below is Mourinho's original take on Hazard's injury.





"The only thing I know is in 10 seconds he made the decision himself. It must be a serious injury as he made the decision himself and just left the pitch.

"It must be something important. His first reaction was ‘I can’t’ but then he wanted to try. Then he said he couldn’t do it and it was him in a few seconds that had three different perspectives.





"He is injured, clearly. I don’t have time to understand what the injury was during the game, now I will have time to understand. Clearly he tried, but he felt immediately he couldn’t carry on.