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Southampton: Antonio Conte has hinted Chelsea captain John Terry could be sent back to the bench for Sunday&rsquo;s EPL trip to Southampton.
Terry&rsquo;s return to action in Chelsea&rsquo;s midweek League Cup defeat to West Ham didn&rsquo;t go according to plan as the centre-back struggled in his first appearance after six weeks on the sidelines with an ankle injury. After three successive league wins without conceding a goal, Chelsea lost 2-1 to the Hammers and an error-strewn Terry in Conte's favoured three-man defence is unlikely to have persuaded the Italian to keep him in the starting line-up this weekend.
The back three system is alien to Terry, who thrived in a four-man defence for much of his career, and the 35-year-old was beaten in the air by Cheikhou Kouyate for West Ham&rsquo;s first goal. Conte then switched Terry from the centre to the left at half-time. That leaves Terry as a potential casualty if the Blues boss recalls Marcos Alonso and Victor Moses to the wing-back roles and restores Cesar Azpilicueta to central defence.
Conte said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s logical that John came back from injury and it&rsquo;s not easy to restart and to find quickly the right shape. John is an important player for us, if he plays, if he doesn&rsquo;t play, for the changing room, for his teammates, for the club. The team is important, and an individual.&rdquo;

Antonio Conte has hinted Chelsea captain John Terry could be sent back to the bench for Sunday&rsquo;s EPL trip to Southampton

Terry may be benched against Southampton, hints Conte

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