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WATCH: Raphinha knocks over Bielsa on touchline as Leeds beat Norwich

Leeds midfielder Raphinha had an unfortunate run-in with his boss Marcelo Bielsa as his side beat Norwich on Sunday.

The Whites secured a 2-1 win against the Premier League's bottom team and the Brazil international played a key role by scoring the opening goal of the game.

But just as the winger delivered some joy to coach Bielsa by helping them to a first win in three games, he also clashed with his manager physically thanks to a technical area collision.

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What happened?

Raphinha, who now has four goals to his name this season, was trying to keep the ball in play by heading it on the touchline, but his momentum carried him forward.

The former Rennes star could not stop himself as he bound towards coach Bielsa, who was crouched down watching the game.

Raphinha ended up falling over the Argentine and knocked him over.

Was Bielsa angry at Raphinha?

Despite the collision, Bielsa will not be too upset with his team's top scorer in the English top flight this season.

The victory put Leeds three points above the relegation zone in the Premier League and will be a welcome boost ahead of next week's game at home to Leicester.

Bielsa told BBC Sport: "A very important win given our position in the table, due to the results we have been obtaining that are not positive.

"It is not frequent and we went quickly from joy to sadness, but that is what football has that is extraordinary.

"Without goals the performance is not expressed. It is very difficult to score. To be able to count on players that unbalance is very necessary.

"The job of a coach has some very difficult things you have to live with. Especially with Norwich's manager, he has shown a big spiritual fortitude and I hope he can come back from this situation."

He added: “The performance was a deserved victory, the game was very disputed, it wasn’t an easy game to play for us. 

“We had many situations where we could have created danger but despite that, we didn’t manage to create that many. 

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