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Conte delighted with Chelsea attitude for Swansea win

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte praised his players for victory over Swansea City.

Cesc Fabregas scored on his 300th Premier League appearance, but Fernando Llorente equalised on the stroke of half-time against the run of play.

Pedro scored Chelsea's second when his shot deceived Swansea's goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski and Diego Costa added a late third as Conte's men won a 12th successive home game.

"It's right for me to help them to be focused in every moment," the Chelsea head coach said.

"We played first half really well and it was a pity to concede the goal at the end of the first half.

"Maybe the time was finished, but in this case you must pay attention.

"I told them, 'We are playing very well, we are dominating the game, we created some chances, but we stay 1-1. We don't deserve this, but the reality is now we are 1-1. For this reason go in the second half and push, because we need to win'. They did this.

"I think it was very important because in this situation when the tension starts to increase, it's important also to see the right answer from my players.

"And today I saw a lot of right answers from my players."

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