Chelsea will conclude a “crucial week” in the context of their season’s ambitions at Everton on Sunday with Antonio Conte confident his team has the fortitude to cope with the pressures of the run-in as they target the 12 points from their final five games that will guarantee them the Premier League title.
They endured two fruitless trips to Goodison Park last season, in the league under José Mourinho and FA Cup with Guus Hiddink, and were uncharacteristically off-colour in their last away fixture, an untimely defeat at Manchester United a fortnight ago. Yet Conte has been hugely encouraged by his players’ response to that loss at Old Trafford, with second-placed Tottenham Hotspur beaten in the FA Cup semi-final and Southampton subsequently overcome in midweek.
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