Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois believes that the introduction of the new formation by Antonio Conte has been key to their success this season.
Chelsea are on a eight-match winning streak this season and have been sitting on the top of the table with 13 points. Since Conte switched to 3-4-3 formation, Chelsea’s form have gone upwards.
The Belgian keeper is the only keeper in the Premier League to have six clean sheets in a row.
Courtois said, “I think it’s the system. It not only gives cover for the goalkeeper, in general it’s a good system.
“When one guy can drop down and you can still have four at the back, when one guy can put pressure high up and you still have a solid shape that’s quite good.
‘We’ve played it a few times with Belgium now too and it’s a system that’s very hard to play against. In the summer we were working on another system.”
