Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has played down the actions of midfielder Bruno Guimaraes this week.
The Brazilian went onto social media and engaged with a fan who was criticising the team after their loss to Manchester City last weekend.
While Howe admits such behavior is not ideal, he believes Guimaraes would have learnt a lesson from that incident.
“I'm certainly not going to criticise the supporters here," Howe told reporters.
“I think it's more a lesson for us. I choose not to be on social media for that exact reason, because I want a clear thought process. I don't want to pollute my thoughts with things that I read and want to avoid certain situations, so I take myself out of that environment.
“The players can choose to be on it, that's absolutely fine because that's their individual choice, but I think it's important that we don't overly react emotionally to certain things.
“Now, Bruno is a very emotional person and, I think you've seen on the pitch, it's so positive for us, that emotion. He uses it brilliantly, he has used it brilliantly to not just perform well, but build a feeling with the supporters, because I think the supporters see how much it means to him.
“It's all positive in terms of that feeling that Bruno has, but this is just maybe a little lesson for him. We have people that will speak to him about his social media use. For me, we will move on very quickly because there's actual positivity in what he's feeling, but maybe that's not the best forum to communicate that."
