Hughton happy to win ugly

11 February 2010 10:29
Newcastle will take three points at Swansea on Saturday however they come as they attempt to rekindle their Coca-Cola Championship promotion charge. The Magpies slipped from the top of the table as a result of Tuesday night's 3-0 defeat at Derby, just five days after they had demolished Cardiff 5-1 at St James' Park. That was arguably their best performance of a season which has seen them all too often have to grind out wins. But manager Chris Hughton will have no qualms about winning ugly this weekend if that is what it takes. He said: "I don't really care how the results come. It was pleasing to get that many goals [against Cardiff], it was pleasing to do that in front of the home support and it was pleasing because we had a lot of new faces. "But the reality is we just want to win football matches. If we can do it that way, then great, but what's more important is we win and if it's a 1-0 scrappy win, then we will take it however it comes."

Source: PA