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Matic believes Chelsea have discovered a winning mentality since Antonio
Conte became the club's manager.
Chelsea lost their 100 per cent record under Conte on Sunday in a
controversial 2-2 Premier League draw at Swansea.
But midfielder Matic says Conte has changed the mood at Stamford Bridge
following the turmoil of last season when Jose Mourinho was sacked in
December and Chelsea finished 10th in the Premier League.
Asked about the difference in mind-set from last season, Matic told Chelsea
TV: "Our mentality now is good. We are focused on fighting for the title.
"I think the coach did a great job and our mentality is a winning mentality.
That's why we are sad with this [Swansea] game."
Chelsea appeared to be in cruise control after Diego Costa rewarded their
superiority at the Liberty Stadium by firing them into a first-half lead.
But Swansea scored twice in three minutes after the break, the second coming
in controversial circumstances after Leroy Fer seemed to foul Gary Cahill
before beating Thibaut Courtois.
Cahill later criticised referee Andre Marriner by saying "you could be sat
on the moon and see it's a clear foul", and Matic also said the goal should
not have stood.
"The second one was a foul against Gary Cahill which the referee did not
probably see," Matic said after Costa's second goal nine minutes from time
salvaged a point for Chelsea.
"It is difficult to say something after this game because I think we played
very well, especially in the first half when we dominated.
"We should have killed the game with a second goal and then we concede two
goals in the second half.
"One point we are not happy of course, you can see from the first half we
expected more. But this is football and they scored two goals.
"I cannot say from nothing but they didn't expect, and we didn't expect
also, that we would concede two goals in a short time.
"But we have to be ready for the next game to forget this. See where we made
some mistakes, see what we did well to continue like this."
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