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Five issues Antonio Conte must solve at Chelsea before it gets too late

Six days were all it took to dim Antonio Conte's bright new dawn at Chelsea. Any momentum gathered by a promising first month of the new Premier League season has been utterly shattered by comprehensive defeats against top-four rivals Liverpool and Arsenal, as well as performances that highlighted many of the same flaws that undermined Jose Mourinho and Guus Hiddink last season.

With Chelsea already eight points adrift of Pep Guardiola's rampant Premier League leaders Manchester City after six matches, Conte has much work to do in the coming days and weeks. ESPN FC takes a look at the five biggest lingering problems that the Italian must try and solve.