Antonio Conte confirmed he has accepted a Football Association charge of misconduct and will pay his £8,000 fine but insisted that the incident will not make him change his behaviour on the touchline.
“It’s right to accept it and pay the fine,” Conte said. “You know what happened, [and] if the referee took this decision I have to respect it and pay this fine.
“I want also the referee to learn something about this because Swansea was wasting time and the referee has to protect the team that wants to play football and try to win the game.
“I was angry because I said twice to the fourth official, ‘Look they are wasting time,’ but I shout and show dissent. I accept the decision of the referee.”
“I will try to avoid to suggest this to the fourth official and I change because I will push my players to say these things to the referee.”
The Blues are aiming to continue a six-match unbeaten run in the Premier League, but they will have to do so without David Luiz.
“He’s having treatment in his knee,” Conte said of Luiz. “It’s not simple to understand how much longer for this injury, but at the same time the doctor is doing the best to recover him very soon.”
“I don’t have time to read [the rumours],” Conte said. “We are playing every three days and my focus is on the pitch to prepare in the right way my team.
“These are speculations in this period. We passed very quickly from my sacking to Real Madrid! We are very fast to pass to different situations. My focus is only on Chelsea and I’m totally committed to this club and for my players.”
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