Conte: Chelsea need 32 points to be champions

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte remains adamant that the Barclay's English Premier League title race is still on and recounts his experience as captain of Juventus in the 1999-2000 Serie A campaign, where they threw away an eight point lead in the last six matches and eventually handed Lazio the title after losing to Perugia in the final day of the season.
Conte said "Yes I remember, and a lot of times I remind you of these situations," Conte said when asked about the 1999-00 season. "In my time as a footballer I had two experiences, one good and another bad against Lazio.

"Lazio [in 1999-00] recovered seven points, eight points in the last six or seven games and we lost the title in the last game against Perugia. I was captain of the team and remember very well.

"After this game I had to go to the Euros with the national team and I didn't sleep for six days because it was a shock for me to lose the title.

"In another situation [in 2001-02] I won the title by recovering eight points on Inter. We won against Udinese [on the last day] and Inter lost against Lazio.

"I have experienced this, which is why I continue to repeat that there are 13 games and there are 39 points [to play for]. There is a long time to tell if we can win the title. We must be focused and go step by step and now I'm sure that to win the title we must do 32 points."