Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew was delighted with their 1-0 win over Leicester City.
Gabriel Obertan proved the matchwinner to ease the pressure on Pardew and the club.
Asked if the win had come as a relief, Pardew said: "When you have been a manager as long as I have and experienced a team that's not functioning, you have to work doubly-hard and try to protect yourself from the pressures that are coming.
"I have had to take a lot of criticism and I have accepted that, you have to. But the most important thing is we can move on from this because this isn't going to be the be all and end all for us, beating Leicester.
"We need to beat some top teams and we need to improve as a team. It will help us this week in our work and instil some confidence in some players who I know can be better than they are showing."
