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Antonio Conte defiant after Chelsea are thumped by Watford

Chelsea's Italian head coach Antonio Conte looks on during the English Premier League football match between Watford and Chelsea at Vicarage Road Stadium i

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was in defiant mood after seeing the pressure mount on his position with a 4-1 defeat to Watford on Monday.

There have been reports Conte could be sacked if Chelsea's below-par start to the year continues.

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More questions are likely to be asked after a slack display at Vicarage Road, with Tiemoue Bakayoko dismissed after 30 minutes and Watford scoring three late goals to secure a resounding win.

Asked by Sky Sports whether he has concerns about his future at the club, Conte said: "No. It is not my problem. I try to do my job. I try to put everything in my job. If this is enough, it's okay. Otherwise they can take their decision."

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In his post-match press conference he added: "I'm not worried about my job. I work every day and I give 120 per cent, okay? If this is enough, it's okay. Otherwise, the club can take a different decision. But I'm not worried.

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Antonio Conte says he made mistakes with his choices in the starting XI

"It's very difficult because every press conference you ask me: are you worried about your job? No. I am not worried.

"Tomorrow is another day. I can be the Chelsea coach or not. Which is the problem? My soul is clear and, I repeat, I go to sleep without the problem that 'maybe I could do this'. No. I try to do everything. If this is enough, okay, otherwise the club can take another decision.

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"But I think this is a problem for you, not for me or the club. If it becomes a problem of the club, okay. But life goes forward.

"I do my job.I do my work. If this is enough then okay. If not, I go at home. I have zero problem. I sleep well."

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Highlights: Watford 4-1 Chelsea

Conte acknowledged Chelsea are in a "difficult moment", but added: "I tried to warn everyone about the difficulty of our path and in the league of trying to find our place in the Champions League, but now we are facing a lot of difficulties and you can see we perform very bad.

"Maybe I made mistakes with the starting XI. The starting XI was wrong because our start was very poor and it was difficult to change something."

Reflecting on Chelsea's performance, he said: "Our performance was very bad from the start. We didn't start in the right way and we lose a lot of dangerous balls. Bad performance. When you start in this way anything can happen. A red card after two yellow cards in a few minutes. Our start was very poor."

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