Simply removing the Italian from his position as head coach will not propel the Stamford Bridge side back to the top of the Premier League pile
It's time for the blame game to begin. Chelsea will miss out on next season's Champions League after a 3-1 home loss to Tottenham, who had not won at Stamford Bridge since February 1990.
Eight points adrift of Spurs with only seven games remaining, the Blues' prospects of closing that gap are slim.
Antonio Conte's future was already in serious doubt before kick off. Little wonder, then, that he entered the media room as sullen as he has ever looked in west London, as he navigated a painful press conference inflicted on him by Dele Alli's brilliance.