Newcastle boss Chris Hughton insisted his team fully deserved the point they gained from their clash with Chelsea. The match ended 1-1 at St James' Park, with Newcastle taking the lead when Andy Carroll latched onto a defensive mix-up to score.
Salomon Kalou's deflected effort levelled just before half-time.
"You are fearful every time they attack because of what they have got, they had got the ascendancy, and we conceded a poor goal," Hughton explained to Sky Sports.
"But credit to every one of our players, we dug in and we got to a stage where if you can get comfortable against a side like that, then we ended up being a touch comfortable."
He admitted that, late on, his side were settling for a point, adding: "You get to that stage of the game where the joy of getting something from the game is a little bit more than the possibility of losing the game.
"And as I said they have got so much quality, it is a little bit of every time they attack there is that fear.
"But we dug in and I don't think anyone seeing that game today can deny we deserved something from it."
