Bournemouth, meanwhile, come into the game on the back of victories over Stoke City in the Premier League and Middlesbrough, which will have helped restore confidence. Conte is happy that Chelsea have learned how to play without their midfielder after initially blaming his absence for a downturn in form a few weeks ago.
"Last season was very hard for him, but it was also hard for me".
The 26-year-old has missed four games so far and was a major doubt for Chelsea's Premier League fixture against Manchester United on November 5.
"There are players with the same characteristics, but N'Golo is a really good player".
"The only problem is that we should score more goals".
Speculation has linked the board with a move for Carlo Ancelotti to replace Conte, but Chelsea's indignant boss has accused his critics of showing a "lack of respect".
"At this moment we must be realistic by going game by game", Conte said at his post-match media conference.
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"There is a lot of bull****", he said.
The story, published by Martin Lipton earlier this week, claimed that unnamed Chelsea players had been texting Holland to discuss their deteriorating relationship with Conte.
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"If I see in the past it also happened with other managers, a lot of bulls**t".
"I hate this type of situation". But we didn't concede a lot of chances and I think we deserved the win. Some people can think to win is easy but it is not easy.
The 2016-17 PFA Player of the Year is to miss a fifth game on the bounce when the Blues travel to the Vitality Stadium due to a hamstring injury picked up on global duty with France earlier this month.