Newcastle United striker Ayoze Perez was delighted to score in victory over Watford.

Perez proved the matchwinner on the day.

He said, "It took quite long to get this first win and finally we got it at home with our fans. We deserve it. It has been a couple of tough weeks for us but we have worked really hard to get to this situation.

"Watford are a very good team but we knew that we had to do our job. It is time to start getting points. it doesn't matter how. We stuck to the plan.

"It's a lot of confidence for ourselves. This team showed one more time the character we have got and it is a deserved win. Hopefully we can start climbing the table now."