ANTONIO CONTE has told his Chelsea players they must find a killer instinct if they want to win the Premier League.
The Italian saw his side lose their 100 per cent record as they gifted Swansea two goals in as many minutes and ended up needing a spectacular Diego Costa equaliser to snatch a 2-2 draw.
And he said: “We had a fantastic reaction to going behind and for this reason I am pleased with my players.
“But I also want to tell them that in this game if we have the possibility to kill the game, then we must kill it. We must learn this.”
The Chelsea manager stuck with that message even though he claimed referee Andre Marriner had missed an obvious foul by Leroy Fer on Gary Cahill before Swansea’s second goal and been too lenient on a series of fouls on Costa.
He said: “I think everyone can see the tackle on Cahill was a foul, there was a great mistake by the referee, but I also want to say that this can happen for one side or the other and I don’t want to complain because it is a reality.”
Just to add to Chelsea’s worries their captain John Terry left the ground on crutches after injuring himself in a tackle in the last few minutes.
Conte said: “I don’t know yet the extent of the injury but I hope he will be OK for Friday’s game with Liverpool, he is a warrior.”
Swansea had three players booked for heavy fouls on Costa, who also scored Chelsea’s first goal, and Conte said: “It is incredible the defenders did not finish before the match did.
“But I also want to say that Diego showed fantastic behaviour to control the situation because he took a lot of kicks from the first minute until the end of the game.
“People always ask me about his behaviour, but I am pleased because he showed me, he showed his team mates, and he showed everybody that he has fantastic behaviour, because with the fouls it was not easy.
“I think defenders know him, and sometimes try to provoke him. That happens in football around the world.”
Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin said: “It was the first time I have seen Costa live, and he is a champion, a strong striker, one of the best in the world.
“He is a good player not only with his feet, not only for scoring, but he is a strong player because he has the ability to play alone against three or four defenders.
“Chelsea didn’t deserve to lose, but we are happy with this result because we fought in the second half, we pressed more, we played with more intensity and that is an important point for us.”
Guidolin revealed he had apologised to Welsh international Neil Taylor for subbing him four minutes before half time in a tactical change.
He said: “I made a mistake. I should have waited a few more minutes to the half time whistle to be more fair to the player.
“I think it is the first time in my career I have taken off a player before half time.”
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