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Newcastle United defender Daryl Janmaat left St Mary’s wearing a sling after an extraordinary dressing room incident.

After the Dutchman was injured in the first half he took his anger out on the dressing room wall and is understood to have broken two fingers.

Janmaat went off after an awkward fall after a defence-splitting pass from Sadio Mane in the first half which eventually led to Graziano Pelle scoring the game’s second goal. He has suffered a groin injury and is being assessed but the damage to his hand will not rule him out of the Swansea City clash.

It is believed that Janmaat later admitted his actions had been stupid, but it is also understood there were some strong words from Newcastle players to each other after the appalling first half display.

Janmaat is now being assessed for both injuries picked up on and off the field.

Jamaal Lascelles is thought to have been one of the players that spoke up in the dressing room and told team-mates things aren’t right at United.

And he did not hold back on his way out of the ground as he stopped to speak to the media on a day when captain Jonjo Shelvey and other senior players stayed silent.

Shelvey has not spoken to the local written Press since he signed for the club in January.

Lascelles told the BBC: “We need bigger characters on the pitch, players who care and who are going to get after each other.

“We have lacked it this season and no matter how good you are, if you don’t have that fight and hunger and desire, it doesn’t matter.

“We had Steve McClaren who is a great manager and now we’ve got Rafa Benitez, who is a great manager, so it’s clearly not that.

“It’s the players and we have to take full responsibility.

“It’s ourselves who need to change it and not the manager.

“We need to play with more heart. We’ve got flair players, tricky players, players with loads of talent, but we need more heart, we need more desire.”

Newcastle opted not to comment about the incident in the dressing room.

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