Antonio Conte: Chelsea boss says he “did not mock Manchester United”

“If you get beat 4-0, you congratulate the opposition, you thank the supporters and then you get off the pitch. At 4-0, it’s humiliating”.

Goals from Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante followed as Mourinho’s first game against his former club since being fired last season turned into a disaster and left his side seventh in the table.

However, when Mourinho was asked about the exchange, he refused to elaborate.

United’s emotions are even more raw after the shellacking at Stamford Bridge, where Mata was taken aback by the vocal support that continued throughout a miserable afternoon.

“It’s good to also keep the feet on the floor, with humility”, added Luiz, brought back to Chelsea by Italian manager Antonio Conte in a £32 million move in August.

He stressed: “I think this is normal”. I didn’t do anything to humiliate Mourinho. “When the players deserve it after this performance, it’s right to receive a great clap from the fans”.

“Plus we are the holders of this cup and want to retain the trophy if we can, but it will be a very hard tie for us”.

The game changed completely (after Pedro’s 1st-minute goal). “With the combination of results the gap to the top is six points”, said Mourinho.

After his side fell six points behind the front-runners for the title, the pressure has been cranked up on the Portuguese boss.

“There is a lot of work to do for United, but as a United fan I am not alarmed”.

“I was just anxious it might have shown other managers the way to combat how Liverpool play”. We are not 30 or 40.

“We were winning here at home and I think the crowd was quiet at that moment, when we were passing the ball at the end of the game”.

“I’m not saying the matches coming up are easy”.

“If I’m going to say that he was injured, you are going to say again.”, he said.

Chelsea have won three successive league games without conceding a goal since Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation duration their 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.

“We must look to Wednesday against West Ham [in the EFL Cup] and prepare for that”.