‘This is why football is the most beautiful sport in the world’published at 17:49 BST
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FT: Middlesbrough 4-3 Norwich
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Middlesbrough came out on top in a Championship classic at the Riverside.
Mo Toure started the scoring for Norwich after 47 seconds but Boro importantly ended it in the closing stages with Ash Phillips securing a 4-3 win for the division’s fourth-placed team.
Boro head coach Kim Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees:
“This is why football is the most beautiful sport in the world. As a neutral, this must have been absolutely crazy.
“As a manager, it was quite harrowing and the hair I have left will be grey, but the lads won it at the end by showing character and that is very, very strong.
“It was beautiful to see two teams going against each other that want to play football, want to be in control of the game, that believe in their own qualities. It was as good a game as you can get for the Championship.
“What an absolutely beautiful football game for the neutral and for supporters, emotions everywhere, but two teams who respect each other both going at it.”