10 Things We Learned From Newcastle vs Arsenal

10. Aleksandar Mitrovic Will Learn From His Mistake

A three game suspension is a long time in football and it's a lot longer for a player who is yet to score his first goal for his new team. Aleksandar Mitrovic's tackle on Arsenal's Francis Coquelin was clumsy rather than malicious but the striker needs to mature a great deal while he sits on the sideline for a few weeks. The 20-year-old's aggression is currently a liability and it somehow needs to be channeled better. Newcastle fans have embraced the Serbian striker with open arms but two yellow cards and one red in four games is ridiculous and soon his passionate endeavour will just be classed as sheer stupidity.
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NCTJ-accredited football writer with an MA in Sports Journalism. What Culture football editor. Write for the official Newcastle United programme. Former video reporter at North News. Featured and published in the Sunderland Echo, Shields Gazette, Mail Online, The Mirror, The Sun and others.