But Conte defended the volatile Spain forward, saying: “He scored two goals but I d have preferred him to score them earlier”.
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The win gives Chelsea boss Antonio Conte a 100% start in the Premier League after Monday’s victory against West Ham.
Their only home win in the last seven attempts was by 3-2 against relegated Aston Villa in April when Troy Deeney scored two late goals. “They showed great attitude and commitment with Cesc Fabregas and Michy Batshuayi making a real impact”, Conte told the BBC.
The Italian said he would not be able to sleep after blaming mistakes from his own players for both of Chelsea’s goals.
A series of controversies has followed his arrival at Chelsea in 2014, and Costa is often the pantomime villain wherever the Blues are playing – he was jeered as his name was read out ahead of the clash at Vicarage Road.
Costa latched onto Cesc Fabregas’ through ball to seal the win that takes Chelsea joint top of the Premier League.
“It s important to change the situation compared to last season and we are trying to do that with all our strength”.
Speaking at today’s press conference, he said his side had carried out his gameplan “better than I thought” with their opening-day performance against Southampton, where they earned a creditable 1-1 draw.
And he also thinks that the side done enough to get a point out of the game too, but their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt end.
“But we’ll look at the game in the next few days and look at the positives and pick ourselves up”. Costa remained a threat, however, and Holebas had to make a last-ditch clearance to deny him a great shooting chance.
“You can lose your confidence and for this reason it was important to win these two games because you can continue to trust in the work and raise the confidence of the players”.
Watford got stronger as the first half went on, although much like the Blues, they struggled to carve out a lot of chances.
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And that proved to be the case when the Hertfordshire rain made an appearance with Conte opting to sport the autumn range from the Chelsea megastore having decided a winter jacket and cap was better suited to cope with the hard conditions.
