5 worst mistakes made by Antonio Conte this season

#2 Dubious team selection

Pedro and Willian are seldom used together

While Conte persisting with a severely underperforming Tiemoue Bakayoko received a lot of flak from the fans, that was only one of the many mistakes he committed when it comes to team selection. Gary Cahill, despite being in poor form for the greater part of the season, was used until Conte could no longer defend him.

In a team that had both Danny Drinkwater and N’Golo Kante; a pair that formed a spectacular partnership in midfield, just 2 seasons ago at Leicester in their epic title-winning campaign, was not given a proper chance at Chelsea.

There is also the Pedro-Willian situation. Pedro and Willian are both pacy players who can be devastating on the counter. Pedro can also play on both wings.

But Conte decided to choose to play only one of them on most occasions though both of them were putting in good shifts when it was asked of them. Also, Conte’s decision to go with 3-5-2 for the greater part of the season after winning the Premier League with 3-4-3 is just as perplexing.