The Blues midfielder believes that a number of the criticism and speculation encompassing the manager's exit has been immoderate
Cesc Fabregas has denied that Chelsea area unit in 'crisis' sooner than their Champions League clash with Barcelona, claiming his team-mates area unit ignoring this negativity aimed towards the club.
Antonio Conte featured speculation that he was to lose his job following Chelsea's 4-1 defeat to Watford at parsonage Road earlier this month, days when losing 3-0 to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
However, despite that being simply the newest week in an exceedingly long line of rumors around the head coach's future, Fabregas believes that his side's season hasn't been that unhealthy.
"We simply target soccer and our game. we have a tendency to area unit coaching terribly exhausting to attain our targets, that is the objective. i do not extremely look or care or mind what has same regarding ME any longer. Or what's same regarding the remainder after you look in soccer when evaluation 2 goals you're the most effective and, if you lose, you become the worst.
"There's no middle purpose in soccer any longer - either {you area unit|you're} the most effective otherwise you are unhealthy. we have a tendency to simply extremely need to focus in our job, that is to undertake to be smart each 3 days, contend well so let the results speak.
"The new signings had to adapt to what the coach asks us. and it absolutely was rough. for instance, some players had to play several games, like N'Golo [Kante], myself or [Cesar] Azpilicueta perhaps. we have a tendency to did not have plenty of obtainable players and that we had to play quite what we should always have.
"In that case, perhaps we have a tendency to struggled somewhat bit this year however i feel we have a tendency to vie OK, perhapsnot at our most level, or the extent we have a tendency to accustomed show last year however it's still a decent season. we have a tendency to area unit within the solfa syllable Cup, we have a tendency to area unit within the last sixteen within the Champions League, we have a tendency to area unit 3 points off Manchester United World Health Organization area unit second within the Premier League.
"We need to the semi-final of the Bubalus bubalis Cup. once you scrutinize it you cannot say it's a median or dangerous season, it's a decent season. But, of course, once you decision it a decent or dangerous season, it's in could once there area unit trophies to be won and see what you'll reach.
"We return from 2 tough defeats against Watford and Bournemouth wherever we tend to did struggle and that we weren't ourselves. we tend to did not play at the amount needed or the amount we should always have however with the exception of that we tend to recovered well. we tend to contend well on Monday (3-0 home convert West Brom). we tend to contend a decent game, we won.
"The most vital issue is that the team plays well and grows once more. That we tend to get the arrogance back as a result of succeeding month and a 0.5, two months, if you scrutinize our calendar it's terribly powerful and that we can want each single player offered."
Fabregas had struggled at this time last season below Conte, however now spherical has been afforded a lot of taking part in time following the club's come back to the Champions League. He has already racked up a powerful thirty-four appearances despite having 2short spells out disabled.
However, despite Fabregas's inflated involvement, a second consecutive title appears to be out of the question, with the defensive champions insulant nineteen points behind leaders Manchester town.
"Let's not mislead ourselves, the title is gone, i do not skills several games area unit left however they're too several points on prime. there isn't any means they [City] can lose six games and therefore the remainder of the groups win everything.
"I cannot see this happening, clearly you cannot say ne'er in soccer, and that i hate to mention that, however they're taking part in an incredible season and it might be a miracle to catch them. For America the foremost vital issue now's to achieve the Champions League positions and that we can come back to the Premier League.
"Then we tend to still have 2 trophies that area unit terribly, important to play for. that has to be our aim for the season, to qualify for the Champions League and select the 2 trophies we've left."
However, Fabregas doesn't believe this season compares to 2015/16 once the then champions languished within the lower reaches of the table throughout the primary 1/2 the campaign and therefore the European told Goal he 'forgot a way to play football'.
"That most likely was a comment that it had been true that there was an instant that things were going thus badly against America that you simply desire you even forgot a way to play.
"This perhaps has been once in my life that this is going on, I aforementioned it during this means, perhaps I exaggerated a trifle bit. the matter was in this moment {when we tend to|once we|after we} had that interview we were perhaps sixteenth or 17th! we tend to simply couldn't get a win, basically. it's frustrating the means it happened.
"It is all regarding experiences and the way you deal with it. This season you can not say it's been a nasty season to this point as a result of there is still lots to play for."