Admittedly, Conte hasn’t really been there for a long time just yet but this is a results business and he needs to start getting his ideas across as quickly as possible.
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At Leicester on Tuesday Cesc Fabregas produced a fine performance and scored two goals in a 4-2 EFL Cup victory to press his claims for a regular position in Conte’s starting XI.
“John is working but he didn’t recover for the game against Arsenal”, Chelsea boss Conte said.
As the famously meticulous Conte continues to search for a balance between attack and defence during the opening weeks of his Chelsea reign, Fabregas explained he is not the only midfielder to have come in for special attention at their Cobham training base.
It is hoped he and fellow central defender Kurt Zouma, who injured his anterior cruciate ligaments, will soon return to training. The centre-half will hope to be contention for a first-team return after the global window.
“Hopefully I can open his eyes and make him see that I deserve to play”.
“We face a good team and I’m sure Arsenal will fight until the end to win the title”. As most experts would say, a world class manager usually enjoys a decade at his peak before he is found out and goes into relative decline.
“I saw one guy running screaming my name and telling me to wait, and when I saw the ex little boy, now so big, making the same action just to say to me, ‘we support you and the team, good night David!'” He added his team needed a good game on Saturday to get back on track after the defeat to Liverpool.
Conte believes his side are now a work-in-progress, though, and he is hoping to see them improve: “We are working to try and improve and reach a level always high”.
Chelsea won both legs last season with Arsenal the trio of Pier Mertesacker, Santi Cazorla and Gabriel Paulista all getting sent off. They are a good team with young players who are a good technical, footballing team.
The Spaniard is yet to start a game for Antonio Conte’s side this season, despite a number of impressive cameo displays.
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“It’s normal (that Terry wants to play)”.
