Antonio Conte, Thomas Tuchel and the handshake that has entered Premier League folklore – The Warm-Up

MONDAY’S BIG STORIES Tuchel v Conte Ad On Saturday evening we did not think it possible that by the end of the weekend there would be someone who valued eye contact more than Jamie Redknapp (having demanded it from Gary Neville during a heated argument about Manchester United after their defeat to Brentford), but lo and behold, Thomas Tuchel went and trumped him on Sunday. Premier League'You love it' — Tuchel unrepentant over clash with Conte12 HOURS AGO We Brits are a sentimental bunch. Big backers of the “On This Day” trend and always eager for regular doses of nostalgia to help us remember the good times, and so it brought us great joy to watch peak “Barclays” in action, unfolding before our very eyes in the year 2022, with a moment that – at the time the Premier League celebrates its 30th birthday – will be remembered for 30 more years to come, at least.

It is the best part of a decade since handshakes made Premier League headlines – or more so the lack of, between John Terry and Wayne Bridge in 2010 and then Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra two years later – but now Tuchel and Antonio Conte have themselves entered the league’s folklore. «When you shake hands, I thought we look into each other's eyes, but we had a different opinion so it was emotional,” Tuchel said, who in the searing London heat could hardly contain himself when Chelsea had gone 2-1 up in the second half. “It's emotional.

You like it,” he added. “It was heated up and heated up. Just look at it.

It's the Premier League, it's the game. You love it, no? We love it. We are emotional coaches.” The bust-up, laughed off Tuchel as well as Conte – who quite unsurprisingly told us all “I'm not pacific” – was the back-page worthy moment, although the fallout this