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It's the picture of the weekend in the English Premier League.
Right in the middle: Thomas Tuchel.
Shortly after the final whistle in Chelsea's 2-2 win over Tottenham, he took on his colleague Antonio Conte.
There are fisticuffs.
Thomas Tuchel later finds everything quite normal.
Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea FC coach
“I compared it to two players having a minor argument on the pitch.
Nothing happens, nobody gets hurt.
Sometimes, as a player, you don't apologize after a hard tackle, a fair tackle.
And that's not necessary either.
This is Premier League football and today the managers got involved because we both fought for our teams and that was it.”
What happened?
After Tottenham's equalizer to make it 1-1, Conte celebrates the goal excessively - and Tuchel freaks out.
Both see yellow.
Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea FC coach
“We both fought for our teams.
and that just happens.
It's so tight here, it was such an intense game and both shelters are very, very close together so it got a little heated, both of us."
But it didn't stop at “a bit heated”.
When Tottenham scored the goal to make it 2-2 in the 96th minute and the referee then blew his whistle, the coaches ran towards each other and shook hands – and Tuchel wouldn't let go of Conte's.
The shake hands become the scramble, which Conte also downplays.
Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur manager
“I don't think it's that important.
It's not that important.
The most important thing is always football and talking about the game.
The game was an intense game and for us this game was really tough.”
Reporter
"You enjoyed it, didn't you?"
Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea FC coach
“Yes, and I think he enjoyed it too.
It wasn't bad."
Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur manager
“Next time we'll be more careful and just don't shake hands.
Problem solved.
He stays on his bench, I stay on my bench and we end it with the respective staff on both sides.
Then there is no problem with that.
It would be a shame if we missed the next game because of this situation.«
In the end, both coaches saw the red card, the penalty has not yet been determined.
In any case, Conte has apparently not yet fully digested the incident.
He followed up on Instagram: "Luckily I didn't see you... tripping you would have been well deserved..."