Newcastle United were beaten 3-1 at Brentford on Sunday afternoon as Dan Burn was given his marching orders.
Another trip to the capital has brought another Newcastle United defeat.
The Magpies lost 3-1 at West Ham United last week and suffered the same fate at Brentford.
Harvey Barnes scored the opener for Newcastle, but that is as good as it got for the Magpies.
Three second-half goals handed Brentford all three points and handed Newcastle yet another away defeat.
Newcastle United Dan Burn reacts after fouling Brentford's Dango Ouattara
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Brentford ace on Dan Burn’s red card in Newcastle United defeat
Newcastle’s afternoon really turned as Dan Burn was given his marching orders in the second half.
Burn was already on a yellow card when he appeared to have brought Dango Ouattara down inside the box.
Burn escaped punishment in that incident, but wasn’t quite as lucky the second time around, as Ouattara again went down.
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Howe’s failure to replace Burn after that warning was truly baffling, and the defender picked up his second yellow card before Igor Thiago converted the penalty.
Bees defender Nathan Collins has offered his view, and he actually thinks that Burn’s red card was harsh.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Collins admitted that he thought the first penalty incident involving Ouattara was more of a penalty than the second one.
Collins thought that the second incident was ‘a bit soft’, and felt similarly about Burn being booked for it.
Brentford went on to win the game, so Collins won’t complain too much, but he felt Burn was a little hard done by.
“I thought the first one was more contact, and then the second I thought was a bit soft and for a second yellow was a bit soft,” said Collins.
Dan Burn could now lose his place in the Newcastle United XI
Burn will serve a one-game suspension after the international break, meaning he will miss the home game with Manchester City.
Lewis Hall is primed to return at left-back in place of Burn, and the giant defender may now lose his spot.
Burn wants to play as a centre-back, but competition is fierce with Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, and Fabian Schar in the mix.
Burn has done a job at left-back, but Hall is a more natural option and will give Newcastle more going forward from open play.
Newcastle can depend on Burn whenever called upon, but his red card may just hand Hall a chance to nail down the left-back spot as his own.