Earlier, Antonio Conte rather rigidly walked on Tottenham, accusing the "spurs" in the absence of ambitions. In his opinion, for the spurs are not a tragedy, either the departure from the Europa League from Ghent, nor the lost championship.

"Last week we had the opportunity to talk a bit and Conte was frank. He tried to explain that what he wanted to say and what was in the headlines of newspapers are different things. Antonio explained everything to me, so this is not a problem, "Pochettino said..

"I respect Conte and Chelsea. It's time to play and show what is best.

It's always a challenge - to play against the champions. Conte did not apologize, just tried to explain how everything was actually. What Antonio said did not upset me ".

"Every coach has the right to tell the media whatever he wants. I believe that it is not my business to judge them for the way they express their opinion. I do not think Conte wanted to offend me or Tottenham ".

Match Tottenham - Chelsea will be held tomorrow, August 20. The beginning - at 18:00 Kiev time.