
Willian
says everyone calmed down when walking down the tunnel following the Marco
Ianni incident in Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Manchester United on Saturday.
Ianni's exuberant celebrations after a late Ross Barkley equaliser sparked
an an angry reaction from United boss Jose Mourinho - and the Chelsea
assistant coach has since been charged by the FA for his conduct.
Two goals from Anthony Martial had put United on course for victory after
Antonio Rudiger opened the scoring in the first half with a header.
But Barkley's 96th-minute equaliser caused wild celebrations, with Ianni
jumping around in front of the United bench.
Speaking about the melee, Chelsea midfielder Willian said: "When we scored
the second goal there was a little bit of a discussion outside the pitch.
Then after the game, everyone was quiet and friendly.
"We just went to the tunnel to talk and to say to Mourinho to keep calm and
then the same was said to our staff as well, then it was calm."
Maurizo Sarri intervened to apologise to Mourinho with both managers later
confirming Ianni had also said sorry for his part in the incident, however,
Willian said his reaction was due to the game being "emotional".
"It [the game] is very emotional and the guy I am sure he doesn't want to do
something wrong, he doesn't want to disrespect the team," the Brazilian
international added.
"He did that [celebration] because in the last minute we scored a goal and
we needed this goal. He did this because he feel passion and that's why."