Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic says victory at Champions League opponents Newcastle United was deserved.
The visitors won 1-0 thanks to Felix Nmecha's impressive strike.
Terzic later said: "With the first half we deserved to win and the second half we protected the win.
"We knew they were going to press us high. We managed it well in the first half but the second was all about them.
"I wanted the second goal. In the end we found that it was going to be quite difficult to score and then you need to defend and protect.
"When we saw the draw we knew it was going to be a tough fight to the end. Everything is quite open and now it is down to us to continue like this."