Why Moses credits Conte

As his table-topping Chelsea side gear up to face title rivals Manchester City, a rejuvenated Victor Moses tells Sky Sports’ Patrick Davison how he found out about his new wing-back role and why he’s feeling loved again.

It was a day that might have stuck in the mind in any case. The first training session back after being ripped apart by Arsenal. Roman Abramovich was to be at Cobham. Antonio Conte was reportedly under pressure.

Victor Moses set off for training that morning knowing it would be a big day. He had no idea how significant, no idea that, four years after he signed, this was the day his Chelsea career would truly begin.

“We were being lined up (on the training pitch) and I thought, ‘Where am I playing? Right-back? Wing-back?'”

His second guess was correct. After using it to stem the tide in the final 25 minutes against Arsenal (and with huge success in and with Italy), this was the day Conte made the switch to the 3-4-3 formation which has transformed Chelsea’s season and Moses’ Stamford Bridge career.

“I’d never played the position before, never dreamed of playing it.

“At that first session he was talking to me, saying, ‘This is what you’ve got to do, this is how you’re meant to play the position’. I was like, ‘OK’.”

That’s his way of saying he was surprised, not sure what to make of it. But those emotions didn’t last long. Moses was man of the match in his first game in the position, as the team won and kept a clean sheet at Hull.

Five more clean sheets and six more wins have followed. Standout performances and match-winning contributions from …

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