Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic says that new manager Antonio Conte is making the Blues strong, motivated and hungry.

The 32-year-old also reveals that the Italian manager is as much passionate in training sessions as he is during the games which has the players working tirelessly for him.

He said: "We have been working very hard. We all hope we are going to feel better this time.

"Not everything can work perfect in the beginning but we are here to correct the things that go wrong.

"The passion you see during the games from the manager you see it in the training sessions as well.

"He wants to put us together as a team to be strong, motivated and hungry every second during the game."