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Aleksandar Mitrovic wasn't allowed to return to the pitch after a head blow
Club doctor Paul Catterson had to physically restrain the Serbian striker
Rafa Benitez thinks he was to right to enforce league head injury protocol
After rebuking the doctor at the time Mitrovic admitted he didn't know rules

Published: 05:56 EST, 22 March 2016 | Updated: 07:05 EST, 22 March 2016

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Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has apologised to the club's doctor after having to be restrained as he tried to return to the pitch following a head injury.

The 21-year-old Serbia international was knocked unconscious minutes after scoring the Magpies' equaliser in Sunday's 1-1 derby draw with Sunderland at St James' Park.

However, having come round and being led to the sidelines, he was desperate to return as his side pressed for a last-gasp winner, and had to be physically restrained by doctor Paul Catterson as he followed Barclays Premier League protocol, as well as manager Rafa Benitez.

Paul Catterson (centre) tells a Aleksandar Mitrovic he is not allowed to continue after being knocked out

The Serb received medical attention after losing consciousness from a clash of heads with Lamine Kone

Mitrovic was desperate to continue as the home side searched for a winner in the Tyne-Wear derby

After rebuking club doctor Catterson at the time Mitrovic has since apologised saying he didn't know the rules

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Mitrovic told Serbian newspaper Blic: 'I didn't know what the procedure was. I didn't know the rules.

'I apologised to the doctor after the game because I knew I had to come off after being knocked unconscious for a few seconds. I've been through the examinations, my head is fine.'

Minutes earlier Mitrovic had snatched a point for the Magpies with a towering header.

He followed the goal with a wild shirtless celebration, although it was interrupted by a comic moment when a pitch invading Magpies fan knocked the striker off his feet.

The Serbian's goal prompted Benitez to suggest he could be the man to fire the club out of relegation trouble if he gets the right service and support.