The Blues boss revealed what happened as the owner of the club came to watch training for three consecutive days after he saw his side lose to Arsenal

Chelsea's 3-0 loss to Arsenal has been described as the most pivotal moment of the club's season and Antonio Conte revealed what happened as Roman Abramovich took a closer interest in is manager. 

The Russian billionaire came to watch three first team training sessions in a row in September and had a few lunch meetings with Conte at Cobham Training Centre after the loss. 

Conte decided to switch to a 3-4-3 formation after the defeat and drilled his players in the new formation which led to a 13-match winning run across the autumn and winter fixtures. The Blues manager revealed that Abramovich never lost faith in him but that he was supportive as Conte overhauled the team's tactics.

“He came for three days to watch our training sessions, to watch the video analysis, to stay with us. He supported me," Conte said at a news conference at Cobham Training Centre. "He never showed me he was angry.

"I think the club always saw my job, during pre-season and in that period, and trusted in my job. I never thought the club was thinking about sacking me. Honestly.”                                                                                                                                                                                           Abramovich has been as engaged with Chelsea as ever this season, attending Conte's first game as manager in pre-season versus Rapid Vienna, while he was seen chanting Conte's name and lifting the Premier League trophy against Sunderland last weekend. 

Conte has delivered success to his owner by switching to a three-man defence that he used while he was the manager of Juventus. However, Conte admitted that he did doubt his side's title chances after the loss at the Emirates Stadium.

“It was very difficult to think about celebrating winning the league after the Arsenal defeat," He added. "To think we'd arrive at the end of the season and be celebrating winning the league. Honestly, that felt very difficult.

"Not impossible but, in that period, we had a lot of big problems to solve. To find the right solution quickly is not easy. You must be very good, very prepared, but also lucky in these circumstances.