Conte said: “Eden is a fantastic player”.
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Regardless of Chelsea’s travails in the transfer market, Conte says he will have no qualms about trying to improve his current players if he can’t land any more new faces for the first stage of his title bid.
Newly promoted Burnley quickly fell behind at Stamford Bridge when Eden Hazard shot from outside the area in the ninth minute for his second goal in three matches, and Willian made it 2-0 in the 41st with a low shot after an assist from Diego Costa.
“Then I also told [them] that I’d prefer to spend a lot of money on the right great player, not on a medium player”.
“We have to stop for the worldwide break, but with my staff we continue to work in this period of rest, to see the game, to watch the many good things and the few bad things and try to continue to improve”.
“If I have a bit of rest for four days, it’s good for me, good for the team and good for the club”.
“I’m pleased for him”, added Conte. “That is very important to me”.
But he could not keep out Moses, who got on the end of a ball from fellow-substitute Pedro in the dying minutes, ensuring a 100 per cent start to the campaign for the London side.
“This game was 25 percent ball possession for Burnley, and 75 for Liverpool, and the final result was 2-0 to Burnley”.
“Sometimes you can solve the problem with money but now we must solve the problem with work”. “But it was against a very strong group, you only have to look at who they brought on to see the huge gulf between where we are as a club and this one”.
Costa was having a quiet first half but he could have doubled the lead when Oscar cut the ball back in the area, but the Spaniard’s first-time shot was straight at Heaton. “They are very solid in defensive situations and they are always waiting to go on the counter-attack with two very good forwards”.
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Batshuayi was quickly into the action and went close with a right-footed strike after using his pace to get away from two defenders, the strike just a fraction too high.
