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Ancelotti explains why he didn't celebrate Bernard's goal

  /  autty

Carlo Ancelotti delivered one of the season's finest standout moments in midweek.

As Bernard scored Everton's fifth goal in extra time of their 5-4 FA Cup victory over Tottenham Hotspur, the Italian was picture coolly blowing on his tea as the Everton bench erupted around him.

Expectedly, though, Ancelotti had a perfectly valid explanation for his lack of celebration.

"I was drinking tea because I was freezing," he said at a press conference on Friday, "and after 90 minutes I was not able to talk because I was really cold.

"I asked for a cup of tea and when Bernard scored the goal, I didn't celebrate for two reasons.

"I had the cup of tea in my hand and secondly I did not know if it was allowed or not, because there was a check for offside.

"I was calm and cool for this reason, but first of all it was so cold."