Antonio Conte has raised the issue of Chelsea's lack of squad depth again. Conte raised the issue with Chelsea's hierarchy over the summer.

Alvaro Morata returns to Chelsea from injury this week, but Victor Moses and N'Golo Kante will be out until next month.

Conte was asked if he's going to prioritize Chelsea's domestic or European competitions.

“We have to go game by game. We are only in October and not in March. Now it’s impossible to take a decision like that. But the situation is difficult. We have to play every three days, and it’s not simple. Also because, in this moment, we are ‘thin’ and we have to play always the same players. Honestly, there is this type of risk to have other injuries. I hope not. But the best way, now, for us is to go game by game, and then to decide every game which is the best formation, and sometimes to take risks or not about our players.

“The problem is we are playing always the same players. We have players in our team who are not used to playing three games in a week. For Kanté it’s the first time. For Moses, the first time. For Morata, it’s the first time to play regularly for his team. For Marcos Alonso it’s the same.

“When you have a lot of games, you need to rotate players. If this is not possible, I have to take risks. Then, for example, against Manchester City. Morata was injured after 20 minutes. But if I hadn’t put Morata in the starting XI, you’d have told me I’m crazy. Sometimes the players need to rest instead.”