“Also in that game [a 1-0 win], we deserved to win but we suffered also because Crystal Palace have a lot of very good players”.
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It looked as though it was going to be another easy win for Antonio Conte’s side after Cesc Fabregas scored in the opening minutes. It’s a pity but it wasn’t our day. The striker is likely to have a few opportunities to take advantage of and Crystal Palace’s chances of eking out a positive result could well depend on his ability to convert those few chances. “The defence was outstanding, the goalkeeper was outstanding, the game plan worked exceptionally well”. The gameplan worked exceptionally well. It was a team that had to be champions.
“This is what the Premier League is about”. It will make people sit up and say ‘Wow!’ But injuries are a reason for concern, with a game coming up on Wednesday [against Southampton].
The youngster, though, was bamboozled less than three minutes later by the skill of Coutinho, who curled a delightful shot into the corner before sealing his masterful display by putting in substitute Origi. “We want to build something important for the present and the future”.
“It is ours to throw away”.
“They nearly feel like they have to win every game just to catch them up and they haven’t managed to do that, and when they haven’t, Chelsea have and have slipped another couple of points further away”.
“I think our performance is typical of what seems to be the character of the side”. From tomorrow we have to prepare for the game against City in the right way.
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Andy Robertson and Andrea Ranocchia wiped out Andy Carroll’s opener as third-bottom Hull City came from behind to win 2-1 at home to West Ham United.
“It’s an important, a massive three points for us to still believe we can fight for the title”, said the Argentine. The Ivorian’s immaculately placed strike that went through the legs of Chelsea defenders and bolted in past Thibaut Courtois’s outstretched hand in the eighth minute drew Palace level after the Blues had already opened the scoring in the fourth minute.
“We played with big determination”. He is happy with us and we’re happy with him.
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“If the player is happy and the player knows he will stay in a great team with great ambition, I don’t see any problem”.
