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As Antonio Conte prepares to make his coaching debut for Chelsea, perhaps no other manager in the Premier League is feeling the kind of pressure the Italian carries on his shoulders.The scrutiny from Chelsea fans and ownership begins Monday night when they host West Ham United to conclude the first week of league play.With spirits high and a desire to repeat their 2014-15 top-flight crown the goal, Chelsea endured the worst title defence in Premier League history by going 12-14-12 to finish 10th. The tumultuous season included the sacking of enigmatic coach José Mourinho and nothing short of a player revolt during one stretch.Conte, the former Juventus and Italian national team boss, agreed to take the Chelsea job in April amidst the clubs stretch of two wins over the final 10 fixtures. With more than 180 coaching victories and winning percentage above 55.0, Conte has a track record of success but knows wins will come with cohesion and that he might have little room for error under impatient owner Roman Abramovich.My target is to become a team, he told Chelseas official website. My experience as a player and a manager teaches me if you want to fight for the title you must be a team inside and outside of the pitch. Its important to understand this and transfer this thought on to the players.We must become as a family. This is the key to switch from last season. If we dont understand this it is no good.The Blues were more of a dysfunctional family in 2015-16, but seem poised to forget about the past and live for the present.At the moment its very difficult and dangerous to say anything about the future because we know how difficult the league is, defender Branislav Ivanovic said. We can promise to give everything in each game, we can improve and we will improve.How far can we go? I think we need to take it step by step.After scoring 20 league goals a season earlier, Diego Costa managed 12 while Eden Hazard seemed uninterested most of the way while registering just four -- 10 fewer than in 14-15. Getting more out of Hazard and fellow veteran Cesc Fabregas will be imperative.Improving a backfield that contributed to the sides 53 goals allowed last season is a must, but those responsible for most of the shortcomings -- Cesar Azpilicueta, John Terry, Gary Cahill and Ivanovic- appear set to be grouped again. Terry (head), however, seems doubtful for the opener.Chelsea was unable to nab talented defender John Stones from Everton, instead moving to Manchester City.Adding midfielder NGolo Kante from defending champion Leicester City for around ￡30 million was a nice addition and they continue to pursue Everton star Romelu Lukaku.Now its time to focus on West Ham, Azpilicueta said. We are excited.So too should West Ham, who has a busy start to the season with this contest, a date with Astra Giurgiu in an Europa League first-leg match Thursday and the opening of their new home at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 21 against Bournemouth.The Hammers enjoyed a strong 15-16 campaign, finishing seventh with 62 points and earning that aforementioned Europa qualifying berth.We want to start the season really well, but we know it is going to be a difficult game, newcomer Andre Ayew told West Hams official website. We are playing away from home but it is not impossible for us to get a good result.This club has a lot of ambition and I want to be a part of that.Coming off a 12-goal season for Swansea City, Ayew and his team-record ￡20 million signing joins an east London squad that ranked among the league leaders with 65 goals.I am really happy to be at West Ham, Ayew said. I had a discussion with the manager and he made me understand why he wanted me. I spoke to a few players already here who had great things to say about the manager.That manager, Slaven Bili?, hopes Ayew can take some of the offencive pressure off Andy Carroll, who tied for the team lead with nine league goals.West Ham went 7-7-5 away from their final season at Upton Park, and drew Chelsea 2-2 at the Bridge on March 19. Fabregas scored twice while Carroll netted one for the Hammers, who are 0-3-7 in their last 10 at Chelsea. Adidas Nmd r1 Outlet . 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Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Sergio Perez thinks his performance at the Singapore Grand Prix, where he stretched out a soft tyre stint for over half the race, was one of his best in Formula One.Perez started 18th after being hit with a combined eight-place grid drop for multiple infractions under the yellow flag in qualifying. Despite his low start he still started on the ultra-soft tyre as he had made it through to Q3, but a first-lap Safety Car allowed him to immediately stop for the soft - the hardest compound in Pirellis range for the weekend.Perez stopped for another set of softs on lap 25 which he managed to stretch out until the end of the 61-lap race, by which time he had climbed to eighth position.It was a special effort from myself, Perez said. I think its my one of my best performannces in Formula One, to manage these soft tyres for 36 laps.ddddddddddddIm so pleased with how the race went, that we managed to secure the points. Were ahead of Williams, which we needed to do. It was a very difficult race out there but we did an extremely good job.The Pirelli chart below shows how different Perezs strategy was to those around him:?Perezs points helped Force India edge back in front of Williams in the battle for fourth position. Perezs teammate Nico Hulkenberg was spun into the pit wall at the start and retired, but Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas both finished outside of the points-paying positions.? ' ' '