It's by design, Lloris said as much - the instruction is to drop off and conserve energy from 15/20 to 45 min.
Conte doesn't think any team can keep up a high intensity for 90 mins every 3 days.
It's frustrating to watch, but we can only trust that over the entire season Conte knows more about fitness and football than anyone else.
The evidence over his career suggests he does, or is at least one of the very best at it.
Frustrating isn’t the word for it sometimes
First half yesterday was Prime Burnley but I see what you mean