Not saying I agreed with Conte playing Bakayoko throughout that spell but I can still understand the logic. Bakayoko the season before, at his best, was so far ahead of anything that Drinkwater would ever be able to do even when he’s at his best. Drinkwater didn’t really do anything wrong when he played but it’d have made it easier for Conte to drop Bakayoko if someone had come in and played really well and made it impossible for him to not start them.