believes Chelsea will not be dragged into a battle to finish in the top four following their defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday evening.
Mikel Arteta’s side ran out 4-2 winners at Stamford Bridge and are now level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham with both teams having six games left to play in the Premier League.
Chelsea, meanwhile, sit five points clear of Tottenham and Arsenal and also have a game in hand over their rivals.
And Conte believes that is enough to ensure that ’s side will not risk losing out on a top-four finish.
‘I don’t think will be in this race,’ said Conte.
‘In my opinion, at the moment, they’re at a different level. They’re there because they missed some games but they won’t stay in this race.
‘We have to fight with , who showed yesterday they’re in good form, , and Wolverhampton.
‘We showed we deserved to be in this race and now we have to fight until the end. The last second will show where we deserve to be in this table.’
Conte also believes Tottenham need to be the team who will make the fewest mistakes in order to secure that final Champions League place.
‘I said before the game against Brighton, in this type of race it’ll be very important to do less mistakes as possible,’ Conte said.
‘But in this league you can drop points in every game.
‘Every game is tough. They’re not easy games, to go there and get easy points. Manchester United against Norwich, 3-2! And at 75 minutes, they were 2-2.
‘It’s very very difficult. Especially when you play a team involved in the relegation zone, like West Ham against Burnley, you know it won’t be easy.
‘In this race, the team that’s able to make less mistakes from now until the end can have the possibility to play in the Champions League next season.’
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