Chelsea manager Antonio Conte hopes to shatter Liverpool’s delicate certainty by perpetrating a fourth successive home annihilation on the Merseyside club when the Premier League leaders go to Anfield on Tuesday.
Liverpool have lost three home matches inside seven days to leave the two domestic glass competitions and abandon them fourth in the league table, 10 points behind Chelsea. “This week we will face two great opponents. We must pay great attention, Liverpool is a really good team… After this, we know we have to play 14 games to win the championship,” the Italian added.
“I think that after this game, and there are 15 games, a lot of points, for sure it could be another hit mentally for them,” Conte told reporters on Monday.
“But I repeat there are 15 games after this before the season finishes. For this reason the result is important but it does not decide the season for Chelsea or Liverpool.”Chelsea, who have an eight-point cushion at the highest point of the table, have exceeded expectations in a 3-4-3 development and Conte insisted he won’t change tactics with a specific end goal to surprise teams.
“There are teams that continue to play with the same system, usually when you change your system a lot you lose your identity,” Conte said.
“It is better for your opponent to know your system, but when you work in one system you have more time to improve it, to find different solutions to improve.”
Conte wants Branislav Ivanovic to stay yet conceded the accomplished guard had been chatting with different clubs while reserve goalkeeper Asmir Begovic is pushing for an exit yet won’t be permitted to leave until Chelsea discover a substitution.
