Pat Nevin: Antonio Conte proved he was very Italian with Chelsea change against Tottenham

After falling behind to an early Christian Eriksen
strike, Chelsea hit back through Pedro and Victor
Moses to win 2-1 and take all three points.
The Blues played with more pace and guile in the
second half to secure their seventh successive
Premier League win.
Ivanovic has been overlooked by Antonio Conte
ever since he switched to a 3-4-3 system.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte enjoyed his seventh
successive win in the Premier League
Branislav Ivanovic was given a brief run-out
against Tottenham
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But the Italian tactician brought on the Serbian for
match winner Moses in the 81st minute.
And former Chelsea midfielder Nevin thinks that
decision by Conte to utilise defender Ivanovic as a
midfielder was a great way to close out the game.
“The introduction of Branislav Ivanovic near the end
while dropping Alonso deeper to make it a
monumental-looking back five, is a pretty chilling
sight for any forward,” Nevin told the club’s official
website.
Branislav Ivanovic came on for Chelsea's match-
winner Victor Moses
“Not many goals will be scored against those
personnel and that formation, with two sitting
midfielders in front of it and Thibaut Courtois
behind!
“It looked like an almighty door being slammed shut
on Tottenham’s ambitions when the boss made that
move, and very Italian.”
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