Chelsea hammer Leicester in battle of last two champions

In his postgame comments, Conte played down any rift with the Spain worldwide, saying “I decide the substitutions” and “Costa’s passion is important for the team”.

However, much of Chelsea’s success in stifling the visitors came courtesy of their wing-backs.

Conte concluded, “I saw this”.

“Now we are normal”.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard is giving his new boss Antonio Conte all the credit for his three Premier League goals this season.

“The Premier League is all year long and the Champions League is two months – in and out”. Leicester, owned by King Power duty-free billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, were paying tribute to His Majesty King Bhumibol who passed away on Thursday. “Last season we were so solid, so strong, so concentrated, very, very hungry and now we have to change our mind”.

But Ranieri says that was the right move, given the importance of Europe’s elite club competition to Leicester. No, but we have to react.

“Yes, I didn’t recognise them (his players) and I must speak to them about why (this happened)”, the Italian said. The Belgium winger showed superb composure for his third goal from eight matches this season – compared to four from 31 last term.

One of those three defenders, it should be noted, is the notoriously error-prone David Luiz while the other is Gary Cahill, a man whose mistakes have cost Chelsea dearly in recent games.

Mourinho was sacked in December, with the Blues perilously close to the relegation zone.

“I play more inside the pitch and I don’t stay wide”, he told Sky Sports.

According to Conte, who took over the reins at Chelsea after managing Italy at Brazil 2014, Moses is playing well because he insisted on seeing the player during the preseason.

“In the week, we tried a lot to find a solution that gave us more compactness”.