Five season defining moments as Chelsea romped to the Premier League title

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After finishing in mid-table last season, Antonio Conte has done a remarkable job to turn Chelsea around into formidable champions, who brushed off the challenge of almost anyone who tried to beat them, with Liverpool the only side to have avoided defeat against the Blues this season.

Undisputed champions, and with hopes of a double with an FA Cup final against Arsenal on the horizon, Conte will be delighted with the monumental impact that he has made on his squad in his opening season and even more pleased to get his hands on silverware so early on in his time in London.

To get there, Conte required some magical moments, thrashing the likes of Manchester United and also turning games around in less glamorous locations such as Stoke, but which moments were the most important to their victorious campaign? Here, TBR ranks our five most important events of Chelsea’s season…

Arsenal going 3-0 up at the Emirates – 24th September

It seems bizarre now to remember that Antonio Conte’s job was on the line in September. Having been beaten by Liverpool only days after drawing against Swansea, the Italian was doing little to convince Chelsea fans, particularly with six of their ten points at that stage having been won in the final ten minutes of games.

When Mesut Ozil added a third goal for Arsenal before half-time, after Alexis Sanchez and Theo Walcott struck twice in three minutes, it was a disastrous moment for the Blues but a turning point in their season.

It was after this game that Conte tore up the tactics that they had been using and reverted to his now famous 3-4-3 formation, slightly adapted from the 3-5-2 that he used so successfully with Juventus and Italy, and it was that change that sent Chelsea on their way to the Premier League title.

Read on over the following pages to see four more enjoyable and equally as important moments in their season…