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Premier League Legend Claims Conte Doesn't Trust Batshuayi to Fill Morata Injury Void

Premier League record goalscorer Alan Shearer has expressed concern that Chelsea manager Antonio Conte still doesn't seem to trust Michy Batshuayi, something that could cause issue now that Alvaro Morata has been ruled out for several weeks with injury.

Morata, who had scored six goals in his first six Premier League games, is expected to miss up to two months of action after suffering a torn hamstring during Saturday's defeat against Manchester City, and it doesn't exactly bode well that Batshuayi wasn't the immediate choice to replace him there and then.

Instead, Conte turned to Willian from the bench and deliberately operated without a striker until Batshuayi did make an appearance in the closing stages.