Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish says Chelsea ace Eden Hazard deserves to be Player of the Year ahead of Philippe Coutinho.

Hazard has been in sparkling form for Jose Mourinho's side, with his 13 goals and eight assists helping the Blues into a commanding position at the top of the Premier League table with six games to go.

"Eden Hazard is not the only option when it comes to who should be crowned PFA player of the year on Sunday, as Jose Mourinho suggested. But he is the best option of a very good bunch," Dalglish said in the Daily Mirror.

"The six are all very credible candidates and I wouldn't like to undermine the other five... They all had a shout.

"But at the time the voting is done, around January, February, the favourites would be players who were flying for their club."