EPL 2016/17: Southampton 0-2 Chelsea - 5 talking points

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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: David Luiz of Chelsea (C) celebrates after his team mate Diego Costa of Chelsea scores their sides second goal during the Premier League match between Southampton and Chelsea at St Mary's Stadium on October 30, 2016 in Southampton, England.  (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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COBHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 21:  Antonio Conte, Chelsea mananger, is pictured during a press conference at Chelsea Training Ground on October 21, 2016 in Cobham, England.  (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Pressure set to mount!

#5 - Headache for Antonio Conte

Zouma, Terry and Ivanovic are back from their injuries while Oscar and Willian are back from their leaves. Cesc Fabregas is still out but it's not long before he makes a return and starts to fight for a starting XI place. But what will Conte do?

Conte tried to bring in John Terry into the team on Wednesday against West Ham United and it threw the defence wide open. Azpilicueta and David Luiz had to change their positions and both of them could not adjust to it. So with Zouma coming back, would Conte take a risk and rest one of David Luiz and Gary Cahill or will he just bench Zouma?

Matic and Kante are complimenting each other so well in the midfield right now and that's left Oscar and Fabregas scratching their heads. Both the players wouldn't be able to match the work rate of Matic and Kante and their chances of starting at slimmer than ever! Pero has made the right attacking midfielder's position his own and Willian now faces a tough task ahead of him! It's going to be very interesting to see what Conte does in the next few weeks - will he take a gamble and shuffle the team or will he stick with the same starting XI?

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