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Aleksandar Mitrovic was fortunate to stay on the pitch early on in Fulham's 3-0 loss at Leeds United on Saturday. Replays showed the Championship's joint-top scorer left his elbow in on Ben White in just the second minute after the Leeds defender had booted the ball clear at Elland Road. White fell to the floor clutching his face but the referee did not spot the incident.
Former Everton left-back Andy Hinchcliffe was co-commentating for Sky Sports and claimed Mitrovic's actions were not accidental and said the striker should have been sent off.
"It's going to be a physical battle, Ben White up against Mitrovic," Hinchcliffe said.
"And actually that is really naughty, that really is a red card offence from Mitrovic.
"It's completely unnecessary, he knows what he's doing, he's put an elbow in the face of Ben White and he is very fortunate to still be on the pitch.
Aleksandar Mitrovic was lucky not to be sent off for an elbow on Leeds defender Ben White (Image: SKY SPORTS)
Aleksandar Mitrovic should have been sent off against Leeds, according to Andy Hinchcliffe (Image: SKY SPORTS)
"You talk about aggression, of course you need it in the right areas, but that's not aggression, that's just surely stupidity, leaving an elbow in a centre-half's face.
"It's unnecessary, it's intentional as well for me.
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"I think the first five games he played he got sent off twice for us.
"He has to calm down, he has to control his emotions and play the game.
"It drove us [mad], we played with 10 men for two games, so it did!
"He hasn't learnt, he's still doing it, and he's just got to be careful.
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"He is aggressive, that is a strength of his game, but not over-aggression. He's got to keep his head."
Leeds took the lead shortly after through Patrick Bamford and goals from Ezgjan Alioski and Jack Harrison in the second half sealed a 3-0 win.
Fulham remain fourth after falling a position on Friday night following Brentford's 1-0 win over promotion hopefuls West Brom at Griffin Park.
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