Antonio Conte admitted there is no point in ‘dreaming’ that Chelsea are fighting for anything more than a top-four place after watching his team fall to a shock defeat to Bournemouth.

Goals from Callum Wilson, Junior Stanislas and former Blues defender Nathan Ake condemned Chelsea to a 3-0 defeat and left Conte’s team only two points above fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.

The result took the shine off the £18 million deadline-day signing of striker Olivier Giroud, who was at Stamford Bridge, and Conte warned the January additions of the Frenchman, Emerson Palmieri and Ross Barkley will not ensure an easy qualification for next season’s Champions League.

“We must be worried (about the top four),” said head coach Conte. “We must be worried. It won't be easy. But this is normal.