Friday 18 August 2017 17:38, UK
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez has warned Jonjo Shelvey that he must learn to control his temper if he wants to fulfil his full potential.
Shelvey is serving a three-match ban for stamping on Dele Alli in the 2-0 season opener to Tottenham leaving Benitez without a key figure.
The Spaniard said: "He knows he made a mistake and everyone agrees with that. He is the first one that wants to change, wants to improve. We have been working on that and so is he.
"You cannot predict or prevent it, we are working on that. The situation is not what you are expecting, so you have to keep going to give the right message. At the end it depends on one second when he loses control.
"He knows. It depends on him and those around him."
Shelvey will miss the next three games, starting with Sunday's trip to Huddersfield, as a result of his red card, and there is no guarantee that he will get straight back into Benitez's team.
The manager said: "If we win three games in a row, then we will not talk about team selection, we will talk about how many times we can repeat the team.
"We will talk about the situation later. The players understand, they try to help him, but at the same time he is important and he has to behave as well."