Premier League!! Newcastle Star Jonjo Shelvey Seeing Psychologist To Control His Temper After Horrible Tackle Against Dele Alli
Premier League!! Newcastle Star Jonjo Shelvey Seeing Psychologist To Control His Temper After Horrible Tackle Against Dele Alli
Jonjo Shelvey is seeing a psychologist in a bid to curb his temper.
Shelvey picked up the third red card of his career after treading on Dele Alli’s ankle in Newcastle’s 2-0 loss to Tottenham when he was unable to retrieve the ball quickly from the Spurs midfielder.
Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez said Shelvey’s red card – which came in the second half at St James’ Park with the match poised at 0-0 – “changed everything” for his side.
And speaking to the Daily Mail, Shelvey revealed he has been making regular visits to a psychologist because he cannot afford to continue losing his cool on the pitch.
“Look, sometimes I just need to rein in it in on the football pitch,” Shelvey said.
“I need to just shut up and stuff. I need to not get involved and walk away.
“I started to see a psychologist last year to work on the mental side of things. It was after the Forest game. I was sent off. I had kicked out at this lad [Henri Lansbury] and it was just childish.
“When people wind me up I should just laugh. I do need to get that out of me. Sometimes you can’t help it.
“I started to work with this fella and after that there wasn’t really an incident when I did that. I started to learn to keep my head down and just get on with the game. But it’s an ongoing process and I am still working with him.
“Sometimes I can lose my head and it can’t keep happening.”
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