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- Updated: December 27, 2016
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte did his best to encourage the Christmas spirit in west London after the BBC’s John Southall reported he and several other journalists were taken out for a festive drink by the Italian.
Southall appeared on BBC 5 live Sport on Boxing Day and explained Conte’s spur-of-the-moment act of kindness, which undoubtedly went a long way to improving relations between he and the media:
A transcription of the anecdote read:
A handful of journalists were invited for pre-Christmas drinks after his press conference, so we all adjourned to the local pub around the corner …