Declan Rice

No, go ahead.

I think so, yes.

We knew Newcastle have been in some great form recently.

So we knew we had to be on our game and we said that.

We've got to treat this game as a final.

I think you see that in the first half.

We were out of the blocks quick, we got an early goal and we kept pushing.

We played some lovely stuff at times with Manu and Felipe, some beautiful football.

In the second half, it's always tough because you know they're going to come out of the blocks quick, but I think we were resilient, defended well and got the three points, which is the main thing.

You glossed over the early goal, didn't you?

Yes, it was massive.

It's nice to get on the score sheet again.

and threw him a header.

I missed one against Liverpool the other week.

It was a sit-off, so it was good to make up for it today.

I think that gave the lads a boost and Noble's penalty was spot on.

Yeah, I don't know why I get so nervous when he takes pens.

He's been doing it all his life.

Well, he wasn't.

I know, he ran up and I thought, oh, no, that's it.