Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte engaged in a fiery brawl on the conclusion of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham on Sunday.
The 2 managers had already clashed throughout the recreation when Pierre Emile Hojbjerg equalised for Tottenham a lot to the anger of Tuchel who believed Kai Havertz had been fouled within the build-up and that an offside Richarlison was obstructing goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
They had been every proven a yellow card for that incident however obtained reds after clashing once more on the full-time whistle, simply after Harry Kane had made the rating 2-2 from a nook.
Once more, Chelsea felt aggrieved as Cristian Romero’s foul on Marc Cucurella simply moments prior had gone unnoticed by the referee.
Because the full-time whistle went, the managers shook arms however Tuchel held onto his reverse quantity and engaged in a disagreement, showing to inform Conte, ‘take a look at me when shaking me hand’, earlier than gamers and training workers jumped in to separate the pair.
As Conte made his means down the Stamford Bridge tunnel, he turned his warmth to Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta, nevertheless it was not clear what was mentioned between the 2.
‘I assumed after we shake arms you seemed in one another eyes, he had a special opinion,’ Tuchel instructed Sky Sports activities post-match however refused to elaborate an excessive amount of on the matter.
‘It was not mandatory however loads of issues weren't mandatory. Come on guys, it’s between two rivals and nothing unhealthy occurred.’
‘It’s emotional, soccer. We don’t must warmth it up. You have got emotional coaches on the touchline and that’s it.
‘There was a transparent foul on Kai Havertz and the state of affairs goes on and on. Richarlison was offside and when are you able to pull hair on a soccer area [referring to the Romero/Cucurella foul]?
‘We dominated for 90 minutes. We had been sharp, we had been hungry, it was a high efficiency. I’m sorry for all my gamers that we didn’t get the outcome we deserved.’
As for Conte, the Italian, who managed Chelsea from 2016-2018, flat out refused to speak about his conflict with Tuchel: ‘My opinion is it’s higher to speak concerning the recreation. It was a troublesome recreation for each groups and we strive in each recreation to be aggressive.
‘Chelsea confirmed they're a extremely good group. In comparison with final season we did higher, but when we need to create issues for Chelsea [in the table] we've to be higher.
‘I don’t need to touch upon the [Tuchel] state of affairs, this isn't an important factor. If there’s an issue, it’s between me and him.
‘It’s regular to return right here and to undergo however on the identical time we created probabilities to remain within the recreation.’
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