Slaven Bilic reveals Chelsea's Nemanja Matic promised him dinner if West Ham beat Tottenham

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has revealed how Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic promised to take him out to dinner if the Hammers defeated Tottenham on Friday night.

Spurs went into their derby clash at the London Stadium knowing a win over West Ham would see them move to within a point of Premier League leaders Chelsea, who play Middlesbrough at home on Monday night.

Chelsea now need just two wins from their final four games to be crowned champions and, after the result in east London on Friday, Bilic revealed that Matic got in contact with him to ask West Ham to do the Blues a favour in the race for the league title.

Talking to Sport Klub, Bilic said Matic had sent him a text that read: "If you stop Tottenham, I’ll take you out to dinner."

He then added: "Matic is a wonderful guy, a great player.

"I will accept that [offer] with pleasure."

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino urged his side to "move on" from the result, which also secured West Ham's spot in the Premier League for next term, and finish the season on a high.

"Calm but disappointed," the Argentine said when asked about his mood in the aftermath of the defeat to the Hammers.

"We missed an opportunity to reduce the gap - it wasn't our best day. It's difficult to focus on Chelsea.

"I feel very proud sometimes, it's difficult to keep your level. They [West Ham] played deep and didn't give us space to play.

"In the end I am calm but we will move on. We must move on and try to finish in a strong way."

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