CONTE
Antonio Conte and Eden Hazard have been rewarded for
Chelsea's form in October by scooping the Premier League manager and player of
the month awards respectively.
Under the Italian tactician's
guidance, the Blues won all four of their top-flight games following a winless
September.
Among those results was the stunning
4-0 win over former manager Jose Mourinho's Manchester United side, a victory
which has helped the Blues climb into the top four.
Former Italy boss Hazard said: 'It's a great honour and I
will share this with my players and the club.
'It is the first time I work in
another country with a different culture, and when you want to bring your own
philosophy it is not easy, but now I am glad for this choice.'
The stunning form came after Conte adopted his familar 3-4-3
formation which brought 11 goals, four clean sheets and a maximum return of 12
points.
Conte becomes the sixth Chelsea
manager to win the award after Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant,
Carlo Ancelotti and Rafa Benitez.
Hazard, the Belgian playmaker, was
in exceptional form last month by netting three goals for the Stamford Bridge
outfit.
HAZARD
The 25-year-old grabbed a goal in the victories over Leicester,
Manchester United and Southampton and has followed up that goalscoring form by
netting a brace in the 5-0 win over Everton.
Hazard told Chelseafc.com: 'It means
a lot. We played a very good month. I scored a lot of goals and all the team
played well.
'We scored a lot of goals and we
didn't concede a goal. I'm the best player this month but the most important
thing is at the end to win the league and to do that we have a lot of things to
do from now until then.'
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