Thomas Tuche was offended that Conte didn't meet his eyes as they shook hands, and referee Anthony Taylor sent them both off for their role in the incident, leading to a massive scuffle on the pitch.

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Thomas Tuche was offended that Conte didn't meet his eyes as they shook hands, and referee Anthony Taylor sent them both off for thei...

The two also feuded on the touchline after Pierre-Emile Hojberg scored to make it 1-1 midway through the second half, but Conte was unprepared for trouble with the Blues coach.

"I don't want to talk about the situation," Conte told Sky Sports. "If there's a problem, it's between Thomas and me.

“We are here to talk about football and not about a situation between the two coaches. Meanwhile, Tuchel told talkSPORT after the game:

"There's nothing to regret. It's like there's a player who regrets a tackle where nobody gets hurt. “We didn't fight with fists, we just had a little bit of a handshake and before that we had some altercations. We fought, he fought for his team, I fought for mine. No one was offended, no one was hurt.Instead, Tuchel's anger was directed at referee Anthony Taylor and his assistants after the game.

Tuchel believes Spurs' two goals should not have been saved, arguing that Richarlison, who was in an offside position, was on the line of the ball when Hojbjerg fired past Edouard Mendy.

“In times of VAR it's unbelievable to concede two goals like that. "It's a clear foul on Kai Havertz leading up to the first goal and then a clear offside because Richarlison is completely on the ball line. He wants to jump far, he jumps in the direction of the ball..

"And since when can we tear our hair out on the soccer field?Is that a new rule that we pull our hair out and get away with it and then the next corner is played? It's a red card.