Antonio Conte Won Four Out Off Four In League
Antonio Conte has won his first four games as Chelsea manager after Eden Hazard’s sublime strike inspired a comfortable 3-0 victory over Burnley to leave his side top of the Premier League on Saturday. Former Italy coach Conte needed Diego Costa to score in the closing moments of his first two games in England to secure three points but there was never any need for that kind of late drama at Stamford Bridge this time. Burnley, newly promoted from the Championship, hadn’t won a league game at the Bridge for 45 years and from the moment Hazard scored after only nine minutes Chelsea were in the ascendency. Willian doubled the lead before half-time and the only surprise was that, despite dominating the entire game, Chelsea weren’t able to add to that lead until substitute Victor Moses struck in the 89th minute as they produced their first clean sheet of the season. Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi, who scored twice in Chelsea’s EFL Cup victory over Bristol Rovers in midweek, retur...