Chelsea came through their Premier League encounter with Bournemouth 1-0 on Saturday to avoid slipping further behind in the title race.
The Blues dominated the encounter on the South Coast, however they only managed to score the one goal.
Eden Hazard scored that goal just after half time following a fine assist from Alvaro Morata.
Speaking after the match, Cesar Azpilicueta revealed what Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said to the players at half-time.
‘Keep going. Keep the intensity we were having,’ he said. ‘Basically we were playing well and recovered the ball high. We were dangerous going forward on many occasions but we lacked the goal. We know in England if you don’t score it is harder and harder.
Antonio Conte confirmed that was the message.
The Italian told BT Sport: ‘After half time was to continue to play our football. In first half we were unlucky to finish the half 0-0. But in the second half we started well and scored and created more chances.’
Chelsea’s failure to score more made it a nervy finish at Dean Court but Bournemouth struggled to get in on goal throughout.
‘When you see the result only 1-0 you can risk at the end to concede,’ said Conte. ‘We were very good defensively.’
Goal scorer Hazard said: ‘I think the only problem today was we should score more goals. We could have scored three or four.
‘It’s not easy to control the game when you are just 1-0 up.
‘Defensively we are strong. We deserved to win.’
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