This key Antonio Conte change has turned Chelsea around - pundit

CHELSEA'S players are buying into Antonio Conte's philosophy.

By James Walters        

Antonio Conte has impressed since taking over at Chelsea

That's according to pundit Jamie Redknapp.

The Blues have had an impressive start to the season and find themselves fourth in the table, just one point off joint-leaders Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Conte's men have won four out of their last five games after their 2-0 victory against Southampton yesterday.

And former Liverpool star Redknapp has hailed Conte, claiming the Italian has instilled hunger in his side.

"You have only got to look at how much ground Chelsea's players covered on Sunday to see how they are buying into Antonio Conte's philosophy," Redknapp wrote in his Daily Mail column.

"They ran 3.5 miles further than Southampton while four players - Marcos Alonso, Nemanja Matic, N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard - ran more than any member of Claude Puel's team.

Jamie Redknapp hailed Chelsea and Antonio Conte

Chelsea have been in fine form this season

"Conte has instilled so much hunger in this side - the likes of Hazard and Diego Costa look fitter and sharper than last season.

"Neither Manchester United nor Southampton could knock Chelsea off their stride and it will take a team who are prepared to get on the front foot against them to do so."