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Europa League: Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez calls for cool heads

Image: Jonas Gutierrez: Confident that Newcastle can see off Metalist Kharkiv in Ukraine

Jonas Gutierrez has admitted that Newcastle United will have to be clever when they take on Metalist Kharkiv in the second leg of their Europa League tie.

Papiss Cisse had two goals disallowed in the first leg and Gutierrez admits there is a sense among the Newcastle players that they deserve to be in front at the halfway point of the tie, but he still feels they are in a decent position after keeping a clean sheet at home. He explained: "I think we are unlucky not be going to Ukraine with a lead. The best team last Thursday was Newcastle, I think. "We tried to score - we did score - but it didn't happen for us. That is where the luck comes in. "The good thing is we didn't concede. That's important in a European game. It is a very different game if we go to Ukraine having lost a goal. "It was frustrating not to score, but 0-0 might be a good result. You never know in football. "We were not happy, however, because we didn't win the game. We created a lot of chances and scored twice, if you like, so why can't we do that again?"

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