”I made it clear” - Johannes Hoff Thorup breaks silence on post-match Norwich City, Burnley incident | OneFootball

The two sets of players got into it a bit after the final whistle.

Norwich City boss Johannes Hoff Thorup is not expecting any repercussions from the post-match scuffle between his side and Burnley on Sunday.

The usual routine after a game was in full swing and going smoothly. Both sets of players clapped their respective supporters after Scott Parker's Clarets claimed a 2-1 win at Carrow Road, but things didn't end in a peaceful manner.

Words appeared to be exchanged between the two squads and quickly a shoving match developed which then required the sides to be separated from each other before going back down the tunnel.

Johannes Hoff Thorup reacts to Norwich v Burnley post-game incident

Norwich have had more run-ins with the FA than they would have liked to this season. Kenny McLean, in particular, has received two four-match bans this season; one for violent conduct and one for words said to the officials after his red card against Middlesbrough.

Thorup isn't expecting another suspension from the sport's governing body after this latest affair.

He said, via Pink Un: "There was nothing in it. The maximum a little bit of pushing and emotions. And I think if you want to kill that in football, then, of course, you can do it. It's also what keeps us thriving in this business, and keeps us coming to stadium every weekend to watch football, because of the emotions.

"From what I saw there was nothing in it, and it was just players being a little bit emotional after a football game.

"I didn't hear anything. I just saw the reaction of some of the players.

"Of course, there's frustrations and emotions in a game like this, and talking to the boys in the dressing room afterwards, you know, many emotions in the room, because a lot of the players thought that we did well for 60 percent, 70 percent of the game, and then we still go away with no points. It's something we need to learn to deal with.

"I made it clear that I don't want to see reactions like that out there. We need to behave whether we win or lose, not that I’m saying that it was us who started.

"I could not see from my position, but we just support each other out there, we support a teammate by dragging him away, and make sure that we avoid it, because otherwise we just end up with more suspensions, and to stay on track we can’t get away with three or four suspensions."

More suspensions are the last thing Norwich need now

In his first season in English football, the Danish boss hasn't been put on the easiest of paths. The injury bug has done its absolute best to throw Norwich's season off course. They have been without some key players, Josh Sargent being chief of them, for large portions of the campaign already.

Even still, City aren't horrendously far off the top six, but more and more player absences, through suspension especially, would be the biggest annoyance possible for Thorup.

Sometimes, injuries just happen. It's a part of football and they aren't always ones that you can prevent. Suspensions can be prevented though, and, by the time his current ban is over, Norwich will have already lost McLean for 35% of the season.