Chelsea could hand their campaign a timely boost this week, but to do so they must get a positive result at Roma to put one foot in the Champions League knockout stages, and overcome Manchester United on Sunday to reduce the nine-point deficit on league leaders Manchester City.
"It won't be easy, but first of all I think we have to go game by game." he said. "Now the most important game for us is Roma in the Champions League," said the Italian, who will take Chelsea to his homeland for the first time since taking charge at Stamford Bridge.
The Italian is expecting a hostile reception for his team but chose to downplay any issues over racist chants aimed at Antonio Rudiger in the first leg."I'm not sure about this. Roma fans are very passionate, in the game you feel this."
"I have players with a good experience of facing this type of situation [experiencing intimidating atmospheres]. We're there to play football, but we want to try to play better than in the first game," he added.
The Blues then host Mourinho's United in London, but Conte wants his players to go game by game. "Then after this game [Roma] we must start to think about Manchester United."