Scenes of wild celebrations – Antonio Conte is no stranger to those – as Chelsea wrapped up the Premier League title chase with a 1-0 win against West Brom on Friday.
It was a night of big achievements for Conte in his debut season in England, and he had to punch -not pinch- himself to believe it – not sure it was intentional though.
Perhaps he can be forgiven, but Antonio Conte’s celebrations as Michy Batshuayi knocked in Chelsea’s winner was over the top even by the Italian’s standards per Mail Sport.
He embraced his technical staff and sprinted up and down the touchline and jumped around like a six-year-old at Christmas.
Antonio Conte breaks some records:
Four is the lucky number for the Chelsea boss.
He became the fourth manager to win the league title after the first attempt, after Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini and Jose Mourinho.
4 – Conte is the 4th manager to lift the PL trophy in his 1st season in England (Mourinho 04-05, Ancelotti 09-10, Pellegrini 13-14). Impact. pic.twitter.com/RBxKNVzMuP
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4 – Antonio Conte has won the league title in 4 successive seasons as a club coach (also won Serie A in 11-12, 12-13 & 13-14). Mastermind. pic.twitter.com/yGWdRgBUJB
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The Blues manager becomes the fourth Italian to win the Premier League after Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini and Claudio Ranieri.
4 – Antonio Conte is the 4th Italian manager to win the English top-flight title after Ancelotti, Mancini & Ranieri. Congratulazioni. pic.twitter.com/7DItv6h7w8
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 12, 2017