Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce was satisfied after their 1-1 draw with Watford.
They made a poor start with Will Hughes rolling home on 80 seconds, but Fabian Schar levelled just before half-time.
Bruce said, "We are disappointed we didn't nick it in the end because we had a couple of really good chances in the second half. We had a 15-20-minute spell where we looked likely to score and unfortunately we didn't take the big opportunities.
"Considering we were 1-0 down after a minute, I thought we responded in the right way."
On the Magpies start to the season, he added: "It's probably level par especially when you think we've had Tottenham and Arsenal in there. You would accept it. We had a wonderful opportunity to get six (points) today. We've had a really good week. We played well last week and in midweek and did enough to win the game today."
