Antonio Conte has told Mikel Arteta to stop complaining after the Arsenal boss expressed his dismay with referee Paul Tierney following Tottenham’s 3-0 win over the Gunners.
Harry Kane put Spurs ahead from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute after Cedric Soares was ruled to have fouled Son Heung-Min in the box. The England captain doubled Tottenham’s lead 15 minutes later with a header from close range.
In the middle, Rob Holding was sent off for a second yellow card offense after two tackles on Son and although the South Korean international added a third early in the second half, Arteta turned his attention to refereeing after a result that leaves them just one point. above Tottenham occupying the last qualifying spot of the Champions League in the Premier League.
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“If I say what I think, I will be suspended for six months,” Arteta said. “I am authorized to give my interpretation of what happened in the game, but I don’t know how to lie, so I prefer not to say what I think.
“I can’t say what I think. I will be suspended. I’m proud of my players. You can ask the referee to come in front of the camera to explain his decisions. His decisions. It’s a shame because it’s such a beautiful game.” was destroyed today.”
However, Conte launched a withering attack on Arteta citing the Spaniard’s earlier comments on Arsenal’s match schedule and the original postponement of this game when the Gunners successfully asked for the game to be moved under the Premier’s COVID-19 regulations. League in January despite only having one. case at that time.
“Mikel Arteta is a very good coach. He has just started doing this job and I think I hear him complain a lot,” Conte said.
“I think he has to be more focused on his team and not go complain because he has just started this job. I think he has to be calm and try to keep working because he’s very good, but let’s listen”. a coach who complains many times is not good. He’s fine. The red card for me was clear.”
Conte went on to cite a strong challenge from Fabinho on Son in last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool for which he was only booked.
“Don’t forget against Liverpool, I didn’t say anything about what happened with Fabinho, right? If we want to complain, we have the chance every game to talk about the referee, the decision, about a postponed game,” he continued. “I think this is my advice, if you want to take my advice that’s fine. Otherwise I don’t care.”
“I think he can become an important coach in the future but in six months I have heard him complain a lot. I repeat: they are just advice, nothing more because he is very good.
“If you remember, he complained about the fixture and also at that time, it’s not good to complain because Arsenal did well to postpone a game in an incredible way because of COVID positive and they only had one player with COVID. I did not. forget it.”
Conte hinted at his frustration at having to play Burnley at lunchtime on Sunday, the day before Arsenal travel to Newcastle for their next game.
“But if we want to complain, we have every chance of complaining why I have to play on Sunday at 12pm and Arsenal have to play on Monday night,” he said. Then they have one more day off and we play Leicester, Liverpool, Arsenal and now after only two days we have to play. [again]. And we have to play the first match at 12 o’clock at night.”
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