‘Don’t let this slip,’ Antonio Conte tells Premier League leaders Chelsea after Arsenal win
Blues remain nine points clear at the top of the table after beating their London rivals 3-1 on Saturday at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte promised to keep a close eye on his players’ concentration levels after they tightened their grip on the Premier League title race by beating Arsenal.
Goals from Marcos Alonso, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas gave Chelsea a 3-1 win on Saturday that left them 12 points clear of Arsenal and nine points above second-place Tottenham who recorded a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.
But Conte said his own experiences of home-straight collapses as a player and coach with Juventus means he will not consider the race over until the trophy is in his hands.
“I don’t slip and I don’t want my players to slip,” he said at Stamford Bridge, in an unwitting echo of Steven Gerrard’s words prior to Liverpool’s collapse in the 2013-14 season.
“In my squad I have a lot of players with good experience, because they won a lot in their careers. They know that until now we haven’t won the title.