Tuchel suspended, Conte fined for brawl

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been handed a Stg 35,000 ($A60,000) fine and one-match touchline ban for a brawl with Tottenham counterpart Antonio Conte after an explosive Premier League derby. Given.

Conte was fined Stg 15,000 ($A26,000) but escaped a touchline ban after both managers admitted misconduct in the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Tuchel’s suspension has been temporarily suspended, but the Chelsea manager will take his place in the dugout for Sunday’s Premier League match at Leeds pending a full understanding of the reasons for the written decision. be able to.

The managers, who had already engaged in heavy clashes in the technical area during Sunday’s match, went head to head when the traditional handshake went awry and they pushed and pushed after the final whistle.

Both managers were shown a red card.

Tuchel could also have gotten himself into trouble after making inflammatory comments about the referee after the match.

He turned on Anthony Taylor at the post-match press conference, saying that “maybe it would be better” if Taylor was no longer in charge of games involving Chelsea.