Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew was delighted with two-goal Loic Remy in victory at Cardiff City.
The French striker took his tally to five goals in his last three appearance as he produced two excellent finishes to put the Magpies in control at Cardiff City Stadium.
"I think it was an important win, on Monday night we let ourselves down as a group and we wanted to put it right," he said.
"We started doing that in the second half at Everton but today we put in a really good display.
"The first half was as good as I have seen us play, even going back to the year we finished fifth, we locked them in, we had a more offensive look to us.
"We did not play as well in the second half but we at least showed resilience that when the home team put pressure on us we can cope with it.
"I am pleased with how the whole group conducted themselves, how the players who were left out conducted themselves and it's been a good day for us."
