Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez says every member of his team deserved praise for victory over Manchester City.

The Magpies fought back from a goal after 23 seconds as Sergio Agüero converted from close range before Salomon Rondon and Matt Ritchie hit back in the second half.

Looking back on the win Benitez said: “It was a great effort from everyone and to win against a team as good as Manchester City.

“They have everything.

“They are so good so when you get three points against them you know the players have done really well.

“Everyone was fighting for each other.

“We had a couple of situations where they were dangerous on the counter-attack but on the whole we defended well.

“We scored two goals and kept pushing until the end so you have to be very proud of the players."