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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte relieved to overcome Wolves

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was happy to overcome Wolves in their 2-0 FA Cup win on Saturday.

Conte admitted Lincoln's progress provided a last-minute reminder of the potential pitfalls of the FA Cup.

The Blues joined non-League Lincoln in the FA Cup quarter-final draw as Pedro and Diego Costa scored second-half goals to eliminate a Wolves team which had beaten Stoke and Liverpool.

"This challenge was very tough, but we all knew (that)," Conte said.

"Above all after the result this afternoon (at Burnley). I tried to warn the changing room about the difficulty of this game, of this competition.

"It's important to understand nothing is easy. If someone thinks in the league Chelsea for sure become the champions and in the FA Cup for sure you can win this trophy... it'll be very difficult.

"But we know that we stay there and we want to try to arrive at the end, to try to win some trophies."

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