There is certainly an irony to Chelsea facing Manchester United on Nov. 5 -- a day when bonfires will be lit and fireworks set off all over the U.K. to honour the centuries-old tradition of Guy Fawkes' Night.
For the uninitiated, this is the night when bonfires are built and lit in thanksgiving for the failure of the Gunpowder Plot -- led by Guy Fawkes -- to blow up the House of Lords and King James I on Nov. 5, 1605.
It is a day when people are encouraged to play with fire, so what better date for Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho to meet at Stamford Bridge and fan the flames that are beginning to burn beneath their feet at Chelsea and United respectively?