Manchester City but Aleksandar Mitrovic says they do
not fear them.
Newcastle United striker Aleksandar Mitrovic insisted his side
do not hold any fear as they prepare to face Manchester City on
Saturday.
Manuel Pellegrini's side began the season in indomitable form,
winning their opening five Premier League games without
conceding a goal, but back-to-back defeats to West Ham United
and Tottenham saw them surrender top spot to Manchester
United.
Newcastle, by contrast, are without a win in their seven games
so far and were dumped out of the League Cup with a 1-0 home
defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
However, Steve McClaren's side delivered a much-improved
performance in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea last weekend and
Mitrovic is confident the result was proof that they can compete
with the very best in England.
"We don't fear anybody," the 21-year-old, who returned from
suspension against the champions, told the Newcastle
Chronicle.
"They are a team we can beat for sure, like any team in the
Premier League. We showed against Chelsea what we can do,
especially in the first 45 minutes. We can play well against the
big teams.
"Of course, we must continue to work hard and in the second
half [against Chelsea] we dropped a little bit, we didn't play how
we needed to. But okay, the players were a little tired and we
can improve that this week."
Mitrovic, who joined Newcastle from Anderlecht in July, is still
waiting to score his first goal for the club.
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