Newcastle's Aleksandar Mitrovic keen to show his 'calm' side

Aleksandar Mitrovic is keen to show he is 'a calm guy' after an eventful start to his time at Newcastle United.

The striker, a £13m summer signing from Anderlecht, has been booked twice and sent off once in a mere 127 minutes on the pitch for his new club.

He was yellow-carded 22 seconds into his debut for a tackle on Southampton's Matt Targett and the following week, only 90 seconds had elapsed before a wild challenge on Swansea's Neil Taylor earned him another booking.

And before the month of August was out, he saw red in the 15th minute of a 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal after stamping on Gunners midfielder Francis Coquelin.

Now the 21-year-old, who returns from a three-match ban against Chelsea on Saturday Night Football live on Sky Sports, is looking to kick-start his career and endear himself to the St James' Park faithful.

"Against Arsenal, I was too emotional, but I have learned a lot from this red card," Mitrovic, who has picked up 47 yellow and six red cards during his short career, was quoted in The Sun.

"I want to show that I can control my emotion and my aggression and can stay calm in certain situations. I hope I can now show everybody in the next few weeks that I am a calm guy.

"Sport is dirty if you want to win the game, but I am not a dirty player. I will use everything that I can in sport conditions, but I don't want to kick or injure anybody.

"The people who are close to me know who I am. I am a really nice, family guy. Maybe on the pitch I look a little bit more aggressive, but that is only because I want to win every ball and every game.

"The problem has been that I have wanted everything now. It is an emotional problem. My price of 18 million euros is a little bit of pressure.

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"It is not a big pressure, but I have wanted to show everyone who I am, how I play and why Newcastle brought me here.

"I really want to score my first goal really fast and I have just thought about the goal and not about other things."

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