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Antonio
Conte insists the Premier League title race is not over after Chelsea's 1-1
draw at Burnley.
Clarets midfielder Robbie Brady's superb free-kick cancelled out Pedro's
seventh-minute strike, which proved to be Chelsea's last shot on target at
Turf Moor.
The result means Conte's side sit 10 points clear at the top of the table,
although Manchester City can cut that to eight if they beat Bournemouth on
Monday Night Football.
Twelve points separate the league leaders from Manchester United in sixth,
but Conte believes all six teams can consider themselves in contention for
the title.
"There are 13 games before the end and if anybody thinks the league is
finished I can tell you now it's not," Conte said.
"There are six teams who can win the league and anything can happen until
the end. We must continue to work in this way, to try to win like we did
today.
"I'm happy with my players' commitment and their will to win, but it can
happen that you only take a point and not three.
"We have to think only about ourselves, not to look at others. We want to do
something important this season. You must play your game and then see the
other results.
"Our mentality must be to always try to win. We did this today but sometimes
you must understand there are tough games and this was very tough."
It was a frustrating afternoon at Turf Moor for Conte's Chelsea, who
deserved to take all three points according to the Italian.
He told Sky Sports: "We must be disappointed for this point, because I think
that this type of game we could win. It's a pity because we started very
well and created chances, and then the free-kick.
"We keep the situation under control, and also created many chances to score
the goal. Maybe we could kill the game, but it didn't happen, and then a
free-kick to draw.
"Then the second half became a physical game, this long ball. We don't know
this type of game, this long ball, second game is not easy to play here
against Burnley, who have 29 points now at home after this game in 30 points
in total.
"It means that at home they are a strong team. But I think that we deserved
to win today."