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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte may have given his players the perfect excuse to lose to Liverpool

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Antonio Conte and Antony Cottee are virtual namesakes but they take widely differing views of the effect of European travel on footballers.

Conte is in a fury about his Chelsea team having a day less than Liverpool to prepare for this Saturday’s big match after both trekked home from midweek Champions League games abroad.

Not only that but the Italian’s players had a three-hour longer flight back from Baku on Wednesday – not landing in London until 5am Thursday morning - than Jurgen Klopp’s boys from Seville on Tuesday night.