CONTE
Antonio Conte hailed Chelsea's work ethic after they
recorded a fourth straight clean sheet in their 2-0 victory at Southampton.
Goals from
Eden Hazard and Diego Costa ensured Chelsea left St Mary's with
all three points on Super
Sunday.
Chelsea are yet to concede since switching to three
centre-backs, having been dispatched 3-0 by Arsenal the last time they lined-up
in a 4-4-2 formation.
Conte's side now sit in fourth place in the Premier League -
just one point behind leaders Manchester City, who are ahead of Liverpool and
Arsenal on goal difference.
"I'm very happy because I saw great commitment and
work-rate during the game from all the players, with and without the ball,"
Conte told Sky
Sports "This is the right way to play, because
when we work together against a very strong team, I think that I as the coach
must be very happy after this performance."
"It's fantastic that for a fourth game we did not
concede a goal, and also we scored two goals and created many chances. We are
working very hard."
Following Chelsea's 4-0 win over Manchester United last
week, Conte refused to admit his side were title contenders, and the Italian
remained equally coy after their latest win.
"I have the same opinion," Conte added. "Now
it's early to answer and speak about title contenders, I repeat that we must
work very hard to continue because this is the right way, but we can and must
improve.
"After the first part of the season I can tell more
about this run."
"We played against United and scored early as well, but
when you play away it's different because the home support push the team, but
our supporters were saying great things.
"They were fantastic from the first minute until the
end. I want to say thank you to our support, from me and my players, because we
won this game together - the players on the pitch, and the supporters as
well."
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