Footage Shows Reece James Barging Into Referee Stuart Attwell During Chelsea’s Loss to Leeds United

• Chelsea defender has left fans talking online after a video showed him barging into Stuart Attwell at Elland Road
• Attwell was officiating the game between Chelsea and Leeds United, which the Blues lost 3-0
• James appeared unapologetic in an afternoon where many things went wrong for Thomas Tuchel's side

A funny video of Chelsea defender Reece James bumping into centre referee Stuart Attwell has surfaced online.

The incident occurred on Sunday when Chelsea played away to Leeds United at Elland Road, where Attwell was the match referee. Chelsea were whitewashed by the hosts 3-0.

It is not clear the exact time that the incident took place, but it happened in the second half. Chelsea were already trailing before the break by two goals courtesy of goals from Rodrigo Moreno and Brenden Aaronson. Jack Harrison scored a third one to condemn Chelsea to its first league loss of the season.

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It was an uneventful outing for Chelsea, who had to finish the game with 10 men after new signing Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off for a second bookable offence.

But the video of James stopping Attwell has offered some sense of comic relief to Chelsea fans. In the video, James is well aware that Attwell is coming in his direction. The referee is walking backwards and, therefore, cannot spot the 22-year-old.

The English defender does not make any attempt to stop the official or move out of his way. The referee then rams into James. Attwell then turns around in confusion.

Even funnier, James remains rooted to his spot and appears to question why the referee ran into him. Attwell did not seek any retrospective action and the game carried on.

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Kylian Mbappe leaves Lionel Messi shocked after appearing to bump into him

This is the second incident of pushing in the last week. Sports Brief had earlier reported that Mbappe was seen pushing his teammate Lionel Messi while going to ask Neymar to allow him to take a penalty.

PSG won two penalties in their game against Montpellier. Mbappe took responsibility for the first one, which he missed. He wanted to make amends by taking the second penalty, which Neymar refused. The Brazilian ended up scoring.

Apart from that incident, the happenings prior to that left fans talking. Mbappe appears to shove Messi aside as he makes his way to where Neymar was.