Chelsea manager Antonio Conte decided to make wholesale changes to his starting line-up for the visit of Watford from the side that wrapped up the Premier League title against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Friday.

The Blues' hero from that night Michy Batshuayi – who scored the decisive goal in the west Midlands – was rewarded with his first ever English top flight start while John Terry was named at the heart of the defence and given the captain’s armband in what could be one of his final appearances for the club before he leaves in the summer.

There were also places for Asmir Begovic, Kurt Zouma, Nathan Ake, Kenedy, Nathaniel Chalobah, Willian and N’Golo Kante as the Italian made nine alterations to his team in total.

Chelsea supporters were quick to have their say on the XI via social media, and they were pleased that some of the fringe players were getting an opportunity to impress, as well as being excited to see what they can produce.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

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