No magic wand to fix Chelsea’s struggles: Conte
Recent defeats have dented Blues’ progress under the Italian manager
LONDON: Antonio Conte has called for patience as he attempts to implement his style of play and bring an end to Chelsea’s struggles that have seen them suffer back-to-back defeats against potential Premier League title rivals.
After a promising start to the campaign, Chelsea’s progress under Conte has been undermined after they were thoroughly outplayed by Liverpool and Arsenal in recent weeks to leave them in eighth place on 10 points from six games, already eight points behind leaders Manchester City.
They will expect to stop the rot when they travel to face an out-of-sorts Hull City side on Saturday.
“Never is it good when you lose two games. I think in these games we saw and we learned a lot of important things, Conte told reporters on Friday.
“We need to understand we don’t have a magic wand to change the situation in three or four months. We need to change the situation and we are doing this together.”
JOSE BEMOANS UNITED’S OCTOBER FIXTURES LIST MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described next month’s fixture list as a “poisoned gift” following Thursday’s Europa League 1-0 win over Zorya Luhansk.
After the international break, United travel to Liverpool on October 17, host Turkish club Fenerbahce in the Europa League three days later before travelling to Chelsea for a league fixture on October 23.
When asked if he tried to move United’s top flight clash with Liverpool back from Monday, Mourinho said: “I think it’s impossible, the poisoned gift is already there. We just have to play Monday, Thursday and then the Sunday.”