The disparity in Premier League riches is likely to be evident to Sean Dyche when he looks at Chelsea’s bench this weekend, though it will not stop him believing Burnley are capable of getting another result at Stamford Bridge.
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“But also we know that last season the players were not fifth or sixth, but 10th”.
Antonio Conte has enjoyed so far a 100 percent start to life in England with Chelsea.
“But I know, and I told my players, we can improve a lot”.
It was Hazard at his best, the man who won the Player of the Year award, and he nearly scored again shortly afterwards, but this time a goal-bound effort was deflected wide by Ben Mee.
“I think Eden is a fantastic player like the others, and is working very well with great attitude”, the Italian said in his post-match media conference.
Saturday’s feat was the first time in four years that Moses would score in the Premier League for Chelsea.
Chelsea raised their intensity in the second half and Willian floated a corner to Hazard, whose volley from 20 yards out forced an excellent save from Heaton down to his left, with John Terry blazing the loose ball over from six yards.
Conte made his first change with 14 minutes remaining; introducing Victor Moses for Willian, while soon after Batshuayi and Pedro came on for Diego Costa and Hazard.
“So we know the challenge that’s ahead of us and we know there’s a group we’re looking to get points against and there’s a group that’s very hard to get points against”. “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”.
“We didn’t perform well at all in the first half, and you simply can’t do that. Throw in some very poor decisions by the players and you don’t really stand a chance”.
Harrison had one of his best games for Rovers as he tormented the Chelsea defence, putting them under pressure by chasing every lost cause.
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Then Hartley gave us hope by scoring his second goal in two games for the Pirates with a fine header 10 minutes before half-time.
