Despite explosion, Conte wants match on schedule

 

London: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said here Friday that his team’s Premier League clash with Arsenal should go ahead Sunday despite an explosive device being detonated on a tube train near the club’s west London stadium. Parsons Green station where the explosion occurred is only a short distance from Chelsea’s home ground, Stamford Bridge. “I’d like to say all our thoughts are for the people affected in the incident,” Conte told a press conference. “I think we have to play the game. This is the best way to show we are stronger than them (the terrorists).”

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