With two wins and clean sheets on a bounce,all blues faithful surely believes that there is real work going on within the squad.As Begovic highlighted,the squad was together during the Liverpool game and that attitude is surely an Antonio Conte blue-print.Even with one man down, the team limited the Reds to a few clear cut chances during the final period to seal all three points.


Our opponents on Saturday night Real Madrid had barely resumed pre-season training and were already 3:0 down at half-time in their last game against Paris St Germain. Their fatigue could play into the hands of Antonio Conte's troops however it is not to be easily forgotten that los blancos were victorious the last time both teams met in a similar fixture.The scoreline was 3:1 with goals from Marcelo and Ronaldo just enough to condemn the blues to defeat,Ramires scored the blues lone goal.

Euro returnees Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois played no part in Thursday's game but could be in line to get some minutes as Antonio continues to seek his starting XI for the new season.N'golo Kante is now with the squad but is likely not to feature.
Kick-off time is 20:05 GMT