Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has revealed he told his squad to ‘keep calm and stay in the game’ at half-time during their clash with Everton.
The Blues sealed a crucial three points with goals from Pedro, Gary Cahill and Willian in a 3-0 win at Goodison Park.
The contest was 0-0 at half-time and Chelsea could ill-afford to hand a window of opportunity to Tottenham ahead of their clash with Arsenal at White Hart Lane.
Conte, though, spoke calmly to his players and says the win was morale-boosting.
‘Everton are a strong team and they prepared the game well, so we must be pleased,’ said Conte.
‘We had a lot of patience for the right moment to hit, and we deserved the win.
‘In this type of game it’s easy to lose your head, lose your balance. For this reason at half-time I told them to be calm and to stay in the game.
‘We scored an amazing goal with Pedro, then the second and third, but it was not so easy. This gives us lots of confidence.
‘Now it is important to prepare the final rush. If in the next game against Middlesbrough you don’t win you lose this victory. We must look step by step.’
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