The lord of the touchline dance is also the king of the Premier League. In the mind of Antonio Conte, the two factors are linked.
He gave an amusing insight this week into the brilliant madness of his touchline behaviour, revealing in one breath the mild sense of ‘shame’ he feels when he watches his antics back on television but conceding in the next how he could not exist as a manager without that arm-waving passion.
It has become a fun sideshow of Chelsea’s title charge. Take last weekend, when he celebrated Eden Hazard’s goal in the 3-1 demolition of Arsenal by diving into the crowd.