Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho blames Antonio Conte for handshake snub after Chelsea defeat

JOSE MOURINHO insists he didn't have the chance to shake hands with Antonio Conte because he disappeared at full-time.

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Jose Mourinho did not shake hands with Antonio Conte at full-time

Manchester United suffered a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge courtesy of Alvaro Morata's 55th minute header.

In a fairly dull affair, one of the biggest talking points at full-time was the lack of handshake between the two bosses.

Mourinho and Conte have endured a frosty relationship over the last few months and there was certainly no love lost between them at Stamford Bridge.

After the game the pair both decided not to shake hands but Mourinho insists it was because the Italian disappeared.

No. He disappeared. I shook to his assistants, which for me is basically the same.

Jose Mourinho

Asked if he eventually got to shake Conte's hand, Mourinho said: "No. He disappeared.

"So I shook to his assistants, which for me is basically the same."

Conte also tried to downplay the incident but suggested he did not need to show his counterpart respect away from the pitch.

Antonio Conte: This was an important victory

“It’s not important. It’s important to win the game," Conte said.

“You have to have the respect on the pitch not outside the pitch.

"At the end of the match I went to shake the hands of the officials and then my players. If I shake someone's hand twice I think it's enough."

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