Chelsea made it three wins from three in the English Premier League after goals from Eden Hazard, Willian and Victor Moses handed the London club a 3-0 victory over Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
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Sean Dyche admitted Burnley suffered from a gulf in class as they were comprehensively dispatched away at Chelsea.
However, Burnley will back themselves to at least score – they’ve found the net in all but one of their last either meetings with the Blues.
While reflecting on the results and performance of his team in their first two games – 2-1 wins over West Ham and Watford – Conte has been forced to admit that they will have to scrap to achieve their targets this season. They’ve changed here, they sit and absorb a bit more rather than coming after you, and they nearly allow you to play.
“It’s not hard because Batshuayi is a player of Chelsea and I can decide to put him in [against Burnley] no problem”, he said at a pre-match news conference. After the first day, I saw this – his will to work and improve and find a good shape.
Speaking in his Friday presser, Conte claimed to be very impressed with the striker’s attitude, and alluded to the possibility of starting him in the Blues upcoming match.
“But I’m pleased for his work-rate and commitment during the training session”.
Sanchez doubled the advantage in the 40th minute, converting Theo Walcott’s enticing cross before Mesut Ozil added a third in stoppage time at the end of a comfortable first half.
“When the whistle blows you want to be ready to perform but we weren’t”, Dyche said.
Eden Hazard appeared to take a sly dig at Jose Mourinho after inspiring Chelsea to a 3-0 win over Burnley. “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”.
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“Add in some really poor decisions against a very strong side then you’re going to be in trouble and we were”. He tries to motivate us and we are giving everything.
