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Attendance: 40,800

Premier League

Mar 10, 2018 at 5.30pm UK

Chelsea
2-1
Crystal Palace

Willian (25'), Kelly (32' og.)

FT(HT: 2-0)

van Aanholt (90')

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte: 'Crystal Palace have been unlucky'

By Daniel Lewis, Senior Reporter | 09 March 2018

Antonio Conte: 'Palace have been unlucky'

Antonio Conte claims that Chelsea's next opponents Crystal Palace "deserved more" in their recent games against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told his players to ignore the form book when they head to Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

Only basement club West Bromwich Albion have picked up fewer points than the Eagles' two over the last six matches, the most recent three of which have ended in defeat.

Ahead of this weekend's meeting with Palace at Stamford Bridge, however, Conte has warned that the one-goal losses to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United over the past fortnight do not tell the whole story.

"They have lost their last two games but they deserved more against Tottenham and Manchester United," he said at Friday's pre-match press conference. "We must pay great attention.

"We need three points and we know very well that we are playing against a good team with talented players. Our confidence when you lose many games in a row is not simple. Our confidence is normal, we are working very well like always."

Chelsea have suffered four defeats in their last five top-flight outings and have lost back-to-back games at home to Palace.