Conte Coy On Mourinho Exchange  (Sky Sports)

Antonio Conte refused to shed light on his touchline conversation with Jose Mourinho at the end of Chelsea's demolition of Manchester United.

The Blues ensured Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge, 10 months after his sacking, was a sour one as they ruthlessly inflicted a 4-0 victory on Sunday.

Conte was seen stoking Chelsea supporters in the closing stages, prompting an exchange between the two managers at the full-time whistle.

The Italian stopped short of relaying what Mourinho said, but gave his explanation for his passionate display on the touchline.

"Private conversations must remain private," Conte told his post-match press conference. "If someone discovers something, OK, but for me the conversation shall remain private.

"It was right (for me) to call our fans in a moment when I could only here Manchester United supporters.

"I called the fans to clap the players after this type of performance because the players after a 4-0 deserve it. It's normal.

"I don't regret my actions, we live on emotion. If we want to cut the emotion I should stay at home and change my job."

Chelsea moved into the top four with a scintillating display which began with Pedro opening the scoring after just 30 seconds.

Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante added further goals to complete United's capitulation, and Conte claimed the performance vindicated the project he continues to carry out at the club.

"I am delighted for the performance because we played very well with good intensity, good positions and we moved the ball very quickly and created many chances to score goals," he added.

"This is the third game we haven't conceded a goal and that is very important. This type of game, against a very strong team like Manchester United, increases our confidence about our work.

"We are working very hard, I see my players every day with the right commitment and work rate and they deserve this type of win and performance.

"When you work very hard it's important to win because then you trust the work."

Conte was thrilled with the pace with which his side started the game but was quick to resign the performance to the past, setting his sights on Wednesday's EFL Cup clash at West Ham.

"I asked my players to start the game strongly and to show our desire to win the game, not just to our fans but to our opponent," he added.

"We scored after 30 seconds. The most important thing is that we continued to play and to try to score the second goal, it happened and I'm very happy.

"Now we must continue because this is the right way but for me United is in the past.

"We must concentrate on Wednesday when we have another tough game against West Ham and its important to recover and prepare for that game."