Daily Star

Moses: I’m rocking in new role

- By DAVID WOODS

VICTOR MOSES has played a key role in Chelsea’s title chase even though he didn’t have a clue he was being readied for a positional change.

Antonio Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation after Chelsea crashed 3-0 against Arsenal in September.

It meant Moses – who made his name as a flying winger – was suddenly thrown in at the deep end and moved to wing-back.

And Conte, Moses and the Blues have not looked back.

Moses said: “He didn’t say to me, ‘Do I fancy playing wing-back?’ – he just put me in there.

“He put me there and after that he just kept on encouragin­g me and went through it with me, what the position was all about, mostly in training.

“And, constantly, he was talking to me in training to make sure I was improving in it, talking me through it.

“I took that in, and I didn’t look back.

“I kept watching the video of myself after the first game against Hull to make sure I was in the right place.

“And after that I took it in and kept on improving. “It was a new position, but it was a new manager giving me the opportunit­y to express myself. “I know that I have never played that position before, but I am enjoying it. You need a lot of stamina to be able to play that position and it’s a responsibi­lity for me as well.

“I just want to keep on working, working hard every game every week, to make sure I am improving in it. The more games I play the better I get.”

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