Batshuayi clinches the title for Chelsea

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Italian teams are tactically organised and well run.

The Italian arrived in July with a reputation as a master tactician, after winning three straight Serie A title with Juventus and then guiding one of the most underwhelming Italy sides in a generation to within a penalty shootout of the 2016 European Championship final.

'The players showed the will to try to do something great.

"He's used three substitutes in every game", said Hollins. For sure this is my will.

The Belgian outlet report that Conte has been alerted by the uncertainty over the 30-year-old's future, and has compiled an "extensive dossier" on him in preparation for the summer.

"We all know if we win we will be champions, so maybe we have a lot of pressure, but we are almost there".

"It's good working against the top managers, which Conte is". "He's the type of guy who sees things most people wouldn't".

Aware that the unhappiness of players like Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas had sowed the seeds of discontent at Chelsea, Conte hatched a plan to win over his collection of multi-millionaire millennials.

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Without the extra demands of playing in European competition and an early elimination from the League Cup, Chelsea has been able to focus exclusively on the Premier League and FA Cup - giving Conte usually a week to prepare for each game and his players ample time for recovery.

"It's good. It's the best day for Chelsea today", said Batshuayi, who arrived from Marseille previous year in a £33.2 million ($42.8 million, 39.1 million euros) transfer.

Chelsea was in eighth place after six games following losses to Liverpool and Arsenal, but a switch of formation from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-3 - the system favored by Conte - returned stunning results. Then in the FA Cup semi-final (against Tottenham Hotspur) he had Costa and Hazard on the bench and everyone said, 'What? "And in that moment it was frustrating for me and I found the strength to change, to take responsibility, to change system and find a new suit for these players".

Daniel McClue: 6-0. We should all be way more nervous for this game than we are. "In what we were doing". "So we won this title together".

The Antonio Comte side - in his first season in England - won the title with two matches to spare. That's hard, and we are not there yet. "These are moments that you understand you can fight for the title".

League position: First, nine points clear of Tottenham and Arsenal. He doesn't just say, "You're in, you're out". "Now I want to celebrate!"

Guardiola started the season calling Conte a "master tactician" and, midway through it, labeled him "maybe the best" coach in world soccer.

The Italian coach took the courageous decision to take off Hazard and replace him with Batshuayi, the summer signing from Marseille who had only one Premier League goal to his name before tonight.

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