Antonio Conte acknowledges Chelsea's 3-0 loss away at Arsenal last September turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the Premier League champions. First-half goals from Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil handed Chelsea a second successive league defeat and left them eight points behind table-topping Manchester City. However, Conte - who comes up against Arsenal again on Sunday, nearly a year on from that fateful trip to Emirates Stadium - used the setback to implement a change that proved to be the turning point in the club's fortunes. The Italian coach switched to a 3-4-3 formation at half time and although it didn't change the outcome against Arsenal, Chelsea won their next...
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