Chelsea boss Antonio Conte moans fixture list gives Liverpool advantage ahead of upcoming clash
ANTONIO CONTE has suggested Chelsea's hectic fixture list means Liverpool will hold an advantage ahead of their clash next Saturday.
The defending champions are currently nine points behind current league leaders Manchester City.
Liverpool and Chelsea will both play Champions League matches mid-week, but the Reds' game is on Tuesday night while the Blues play 24 hours later.
Chelsea also face a 5,800 mile round trip to Baku, Azerbaijan, while Liverpool only have to journey to Spain.
Conte believes that those 24-hours difference coupled with the travelling gives the Merseyside club an unfair advantage.
He said: "For sure who prepares these fixtures must pay great attention."
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"Don’t forget now we have another problem because we are going to play at Qarabag on Wednesday and then we go back to London at five, six o’clock, but we have another great game against Liverpool on Saturday.
"Is it normal, this? I don’t think.
"If someone wants more balance in this league I think they must pay greater attention before to prepare the fixtures.’
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