Diego Costa got the only goal of the game in the first half to settle the match and take the Blues to the top of the Premier League table.
It caps a remarkable turn of form since the defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal in September.
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And Conte doesn’t want his side to lose their momentum.
He told the BBC: “I am very proud but we must know we have to continue in this way.
“I told the players we must start well after the international break and I think we had the right concentration to win a tough game.
“I knew this game would be difficult because this team is well organised and they are in good form.
“But we deserved to win because we scored the goal and created many chances for a second goal.”