Antonio Conte has moved to ease tensions with Thomas Tuchel with a post on Instagram, after the pair came to blows on Sunday.
After Chelsea went 2-1 in front through a Reece James goal, Tuchel ran down the touchline past Conte in celebration, with the Spurs boss later confirming that he hadn’t seen these actions and, if he had, he may have resorted to extreme measures. Antonio Conte has moved to ease tensions with Thomas Tuchel with an Instagram post, after the pair came to blows during and after the 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge. Both men received red cards after the final whistle on Sunday, when Chelsea boss Tuchel appeared to hold on to his handshake with his Spurs counterpart for a little longer than necessary.
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For sure for me it was important because to lose three games in a row against the same coach I don’t like. “In this game Chelsea showed to be better than us. He said: “I think the celebrations involved on both sides were really good celebrations, yes?
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte continued his tirade with Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel on social media albeit jokingly. Conte and Tuchel clashed in a ...
Then, at full-time, they clashed again after the customary handshake. Conte and Tuchel clashed in a heated argument following a pulsating London derby staged at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, August 14. - Conte and Tuchel were locked in a heated exchange which nearly came to blows during and after Sunday's keenly-contested stalemate at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea had the better of the first half and deservedly hit the front when two of their new signings linked up from a corner kick. With Tottenham marking ...
Spurs were growing into the game, and Emil Højbjerg fizzed home a low drive from outside the Chelsea box, on 68 minutes. Richarlison came on for Spurs but Mount and Raheem Sterling both missed great chances to make it 2-0. With Tottenham marking zonally for set-pieces, Marc Cucurella picked out a loosely marked Kalidou Koulibaly with a lofted corner, and the Senegalese star volleyed home.
A postgame confrontation between two tactical masterminds put the cherry on top of an entertaining match already filled with so much drama.
It was from the subsequent corner that Harry Kane headed in to make it 2–2, a rare case of Tottenham dragging itself back into a game and getting more than it perhaps deserved. This is one of the more depressing aspects of the modern game, of modern life. And that, perhaps, was what led to the degree of frustration at the two equalizers it conceded. Chelsea was much the better side in the first half and marginally the better in the second, for all that the introduction of Richarlison disrupted Chelsea’s defensive pattern. This was far more like the Chelsea that won the Champions League than the disjointed team of the end of last season. Both seemed to have enjoyed it—although Conte’s celebrations were perhaps tinged by a sense that he still has a point to prove to Chelsea given the circumstance of his departure from Stamford Bridge in 2018.
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Moments later, Taylor brings the match to an end and the managers have the customary post-match handshake. Kane heads home from the corner, sparking pandemonium in the away end and fury in the home dugout. The goal stands, Conte celebrates wildly and Tuchel is not happy.