Conte snaps at reporter questioning Chelsea selection for Burnley shock
Posted Sunday, August 13, 2017 by Tribalfootball.com
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte defended his team selection for defeat to Burnley.
The champions suffered a nightmare start to the campaign as they suffered their first opening day-defeat for 19 years and found themselves 3-0 down in the first half.
Conte named five rookies on the bench and handed a Premier League debut to Ivory Coast midfielder Jeremie Boga who lasted just 20 minutes after Gary Cahill was sent-off.
When questioned about his line-up and the suggestion he was sending some kind of message to the Chelsea hierarchy, Conte quickly hit back and strongly dismissed those claims.
Conte said: "Why ask this question? You were not happy with my 11?
"You don't know me very well and you can see in our pre-season I have always played the best formation and it happened the same today.
“I put the best player we had with this moment. I don't like this type of thing, about wanting to send a message? Why would I do that?"
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