Crystal Palace skipper Gary Cahill was delighted with victory over Newcastle United.

Cahill stood in for club captain Luka Milivojević for the day.

Speaking post-match, the centre-back was delighted with the 90 minutes and honest in his assessment of the previous game against Everton, he said: "It was a good day, a very good day.

"I was eager to get back out there to be honest with you after two weeks off. My performance against Everton personally was way below par. I was not pleased with that, so the best thing to do after that is to try and play again so it seemed a long time coming.

"I was more than ready to play this game and collectively as a team we played very, very well. I thought we deserved the win - we had many chances and kept a clean sheet."