Antonio Conte starting to stamp his mark on meaner Chelsea

Hull 0 Chelsea 2

Arresting a slump of one point from three games at a Hull side that has over-achieved to date following a summer of disarray is hardly one of the more impressive results of Conte’s career.

But it was the manner in which he achieved it that was more noteworthy as the Italian adopted a three-man defence and left out Branislav Ivanovic, for the first time since the Andre Villas-Boas era.