Hughton happy to win ugly

02 November 2009 22:53
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Chris Hughton had no problems with Newcastle returning to the summit of the Championship table with an ugly win at Sheffield United.[LNB] The game was a mostly scrappy affair and it took a deflected second-half goal for the visitors to claim all three points from their trip to South Yorkshire.[LNB]Ryan Taylor's speculative long-range effort struck Chris Morgan and left Ian Bennett no chance of a save in the Blades' goal.[LNB]"I'm delighted. I think that's what you call an ugly win," Hughton told Sky Sports. "We knew here they haven't had the best of times of late and would be after the win.[LNB]"They play a particular style of play that makes it very difficult for you. You've got to be strong and resilient and I thought for the majority of the game we handled everything they threw at us."[LNB]Team performanceThe likes of Steve Harper and Andy Carroll took the plaudits for their performances, but Hughton refused to single out any players, stating it was a team display.[LNB]"I don't think there's anyone that I can pick out. It's a team performance," he continued. "We needed everyone on board. We needed fighters and men out there today and that's exactly what we got. [LNB]"I thought we showed moments of quality. We weathered the storm in the first half. I thought we got into our passing game early in the second half, although I was a little bit disappointed we weren't able to elaborate on that a bit more."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports