Conte: Chelsea in search of tactical 'balance'

Chelsea are trying new tactical plans in search of "balance and solidity", manager Antonio Conte said.

The Italian watched on as Eden Hazard and Alvaro Morata picked apart a poor West Brom side in a 4-0 win at the Hawthorns on Saturday.

Hazard scored a brace against West Brom and also forced the rebound that led to Morata's eighth goal of the season, while Marcos Alonso added to the scoresheet from a set piece.

"I think to see Eden in this fitness is very important for me. Eden and Morata showed a great link, but also with the ball we have another player with great creativity in Cesc," Conte said at the Hawthorns.

Conte said, "This season I think we're changing something to find a new balance, a new solidity, to have a good balance when we are attacking and when we are defending. I hope to continue to improve. This is the second game we finished with a clean sheet and we have to continue in this way."

He added that, "In this season we faced a lot of problems from the start. Now we're trying to solve these problems, to recover the players, to find the right form for players like Hazard and also Morata — this is the first season that he's playing with regularity."

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