The win brought Newcastle back to the top of the Championship table.
“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.
“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.”
“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.
“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.”
