Conte's arrival appeared to be bad news for Fabregas: There were strong reports that the new manager was keen to sell because he simply couldn't find a place for the Spain international in his structured midfield and didn't consider him a good team player. Fabregas didn't help himself by being dismissed for a poor tackle in a preseason game against Liverpool, and it was no surprise when he was omitted for Chelsea's opening matches of the campaign. N'Golo Kante played the deep midfield role, with Nemanja Matic and Oscar playing disciplined roles just ahead, holding their positions and covering for the runs of Chelsea's full-backs.
Fabregas was largely restricted to appearances in the Capital One Cup. But in the second of these, a 4-2 win away at Leicester in September, he produced two goals, which prompted Conte to hand Fabregas his first start of the campaign at his former club, Arsenal. It proved disastrous, with Arsenal counterattacking through Chelsea and going up 3-0 at half-time.
Famously, this was the match in which Conte moved from 4-1-4-1 to 3-4-3, and the substitution to mark this revolution was Marcos Alonso coming on and Fabregas going off to jeers from the Arsenal fans. Considered ill-suited for a three-man midfield because of his poor positional discipline, Fabregas had even less chance of making it into a two-man midfield.
Indeed, it was fully two months later -- in part because of injury -- that Fabregas next appeared in the Premier League. Starting away at Manchester City because Matic was injured, Fabregas and Chelsea were overrun in the first half, unable to cope with Kevin De Bruyne's clever movement. Yet Fabregas provided guile, creativity and incision, assisting one of the season's crucial goals: his long pass found Diego Costa, who brought the ball down and smashed home to equalise. Coming just moments after De Bruyne had somehow missed an open goal and with Chelsea going onto win 3-1, it felt like the moment they confirmed their title credentials.
The fact remains that Fabregas isn't considered suitable for Conte's system, which is all about the forward trio being supported by Alonso and Victor Moses pushing forward and forming a front five. Matic and Kante form a solid "M shape" with the three centre-backs and as a result, Chelsea are almost never caught out on the counterattack.
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Fabregas was largely restricted to appearances in the Capital One Cup. But in the second of these, a 4-2 win away at Leicester in September, he produced two goals, which prompted Conte to hand Fabregas his first start of the campaign at his former club, Arsenal. It proved disastrous, with Arsenal counterattacking through Chelsea and going up 3-0 at half-time.
Famously, this was the match in which Conte moved from 4-1-4-1 to 3-4-3, and the substitution to mark this revolution was Marcos Alonso coming on and Fabregas going off to jeers from the Arsenal fans. Considered ill-suited for a three-man midfield because of his poor positional discipline, Fabregas had even less chance of making it into a two-man midfield.
Indeed, it was fully two months later -- in part because of injury -- that Fabregas next appeared in the Premier League. Starting away at Manchester City because Matic was injured, Fabregas and Chelsea were overrun in the first half, unable to cope with Kevin De Bruyne's clever movement. Yet Fabregas provided guile, creativity and incision, assisting one of the season's crucial goals: his long pass found Diego Costa, who brought the ball down and smashed home to equalise. Coming just moments after De Bruyne had somehow missed an open goal and with Chelsea going onto win 3-1, it felt like the moment they confirmed their title credentials.
The fact remains that Fabregas isn't considered suitable for Conte's system, which is all about the forward trio being supported by Alonso and Victor Moses pushing forward and forming a front five. Matic and Kante form a solid "M shape" with the three centre-backs and as a result, Chelsea are almost never caught out on the counterattack.
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