A comfortable 4-0 victory against Qarabag, aided by the hosts being reduced to 10 men early on, guaranteed Chelsea’s involvement in the competition in the new year. Yet, with his squad able to fit in only one full training session, on Friday morning, before the game at Anfield, Conte and his coaching staff intended to use the 2,500-mile overnight flight to Gatwick to fine-tune their plans. “We have to work during the flight to prepare for the game against Liverpool,” said Conte, who will put his players through a brief warm-down session at Cobham on Thursday afternoon. To create, for the second time in only one and a half months, problems for one team is not right. There is a great compactness between us that will be very important for the present and the future.”

Source: The Guardian November 22, 2017 21:45 UTC