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Chelsea’s Conte wary of Burnley’s fine home form
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CHELSEA will face a much tougher game tomorrow than its straightforward 3-0 win in August over Burnley because of the latter’s remarkable home form, manager Antonio Conte said yesterday.
The Italian has done his homework on the statistics. “They’re really strong at home, they’re third in the table for home games with Chelsea top and Tottenham second,” he told a news conference.
Burnley has taken 28 of its 29 points this season from matches at Turf Moor, losing at home only to Swansea on the opening day, Arsenal in October and Manchester City in November. Since then it has won seven successive home games in the English Premier League and FA Cup.
“It’s a fantastic achievement,” Conte added. “The style is always the same. They fight a lot, play a lot of long balls and put a lot of pressure when we have the ball.”
After taking four points from games against Liverpool and Arsenal, Chelsea’s players were given extra time off.
“I thought they deserved it because we had three games in seven days,” said Conte, who took the opportunity to return home to Italy.
Despite having a nine-point lead at the top of the table, with only one defeat in the last 18 league matches, Conte insisted the top six teams can still win the title. “If we think that with a nine-point lead we are close to winning the title it’s a big mistake,” he said.
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