Conte calls for calm at Mourinho’s place

ANTONIO CONTE has warned his Chelsea team to keep their heads against Jose Mourinho’s ‘motivated’ Manchester United when the teams meet at Old Trafford on Sunday. Tension between Conte and Mourinho boiled over in the recent FA Cup clash at Stamford Bridge, when Chelsea won 1-0, Ander Herrera was sent off and the Stamford Bridge crowd labelled the United manager ‘Judas’. Mourinho subsequently declared ‘Judas is number one’ until another Chelsea manager wins more than his three Premier League titles with the club. Chelsea head to Manchester seven points clear of Tottenham with seven games to go in the championship title race. Conte said: ‘For us, it’s very important always to control our emotion, because we are playing and fighting to win the title. For sure, this game will be a tough game but we are ready to play. ‘I think United for sure will have good motivation, because they are playing against Chelsea. Every team will want to beat us.’ Wing-back Marcos Alonso, who scored the third Chelsea goal at Bournemouth, said: ‘We have seven finals left, every game is going to be massive, we are going to have to play each game as if it’s our last one.’ Chelsea were 2-0 up inside 20 minutes after an Adam Smith own goal and a fine Eden Hazard finish. It was third time lucky for Alonso, after striking the woodwork with set-pieces at Crystal Palace and Stoke. He said: ‘Everyone was saying to me: “Please, one inch lower”. The goal gave us the peace to relax.’