Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill and Diego Costa have been restored to Chelsea's starting line-up against Southampton tonight as Willian, Nathan Ake and Michy Batshuayi miss out.
It was long after the restart that Chelsea got their third, Cesc Fabregas dinking the ball back into the box after the Saints had failed to clear initially, with Costa outmuscling his man before scoring his 50th Premier League goal.
Conte arrived at Chelsea having steered an unfancied Italy to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 - a post he took having won three consecutive Serie A crowns with Juventus.
However, Conte disagrees, per Allan Valente of Sky Sports: "The first target for every great champion is to play for the team and to put your talent in the team". I prefer to lose a game than to have a selfish player. "Now, to win the title in England is a great achievement".
But one potential obstacle to Chelsea's winning the title on the five-match final stretch remains the leaky defense that had been so sturdy earlier in the season.
Conte made a decision to rest star forwards Eden Hazard and Diego Costa against Tottenham. "I think the next six games are all finals".
Romeu, on the other hand, is now one of Saints' most influential players, performing in the defensive midfield anchorman role admirably following Victor Wanyama's summer departure to Tottenham. "Then we can congratulate everyone and try next season".
Toe injury knocks Griffin out for playoffs
Griffin led the team in scoring this season with 21.8 points per game, while chipping in eight rebounds and five assists per game. Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers is expected to play in Game 5 against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday on a minutes restriction.
The Blues take on Southampton at Stamford Bridge as we return to Premier League action. His last goal had come on Spain duty, while for Chelsea he was on a seven-game barren streak.
"I think he's not far off Kante", Puel said at his pre-match press conference.
A storming run by N'Golo Kante forced Stephens into a desperate headed clearance and Costa had a penalty appeal turned down, but Chelsea were on the ropes until Cahill struck in first-half stoppage time. I saw the game they lost against Manchester United, and now they are a little bit under pressure, and we also want to continue getting good results.
Chelsea play Arsenal in the FA Cup final on May 27 and will hope to have wrapped up the league by then, with Sunday's trip to Everton the most hard proposition in their final five games.
"It would be nice for both teams to be in a better position but we are where we are and we need to focus on getting a win which will give us some big momentum", Cattermole told the Sunderland website.
For Southampton, besides the long-term injuries, which include Virgil Van Dijk, who is out for the season, Charlie Austin is doubtful along with Matthew Targett.
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