THREE Premier League managers were forced to run for cover after a storm uprooted a tree at a garden party.
Unai Emery, Marco Silva and Thomas Frank were all safe and avoided getting hurt as the tropical storm wrecked chaos in Washington.
TWITTER @SkySports_KeithSky Sports reporter Keith Downie posted the uprooted tree on Twitter[/caption]
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Getty Images – GettyUnai Emery and Mauricio Pochettino were also affected by the storm[/caption]
The three managers are currently in Washington as part of their club’s pre-season tours.
They were attending a garden party at the British Embassy when the storm hit.
The bosses, along with party guests, had to run for cover due to the extreme nature of the storm.
Sky Sports reporter Keith Downie reported that the winds caused by the storm reached 80mph and that the rain was “biblical”.
Downie also claimed that due to the storm Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino “had to re-route to team hotel for safety”.
As a result of the storm, he has also said that Pochettino has cancelled his press conference today.
Fortunately, he confirmed that “nobody was hurt”, although he did say that the garden party was a “wash out”.
Downie uploaded a video of some of the damage caused by the storm onto Twitter.
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The clip shows a massive tree completely uprooted and fallen across a road.
The manager’s clubs are competing in the Premier League summer series tournament in the USA this summer.
Silva and Frank already faced each other as their Fulham and Brentford sides played an exciting 3-2 win for the Cottagers.
Silva’s Fulham also faced Emery’s Aston Villa but lost the game 2-0 in Orlando.
All four managers will be in action later today as their clubs play one more game before the end of the series.
Pochettino’s Chelsea face Fulham and Emery’s Villa take on Brentford at FedExField, Landover, Maryland.
More to follow…
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