Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe insists Anthony Gordon's winner against Arsenal was deserved.
Gordon's scrambled effort needed three VAR checks and eventually was cleared.
Howe said, "The circumstance around it [the match], we're suffering a bit of bad luck at the moment - we're losing players but the response of the players we do have fit and available has has been incredible. Can see from the spirit at the end, the determination to hold on, the collective effort was superb."
On Gordon's goal: "With every VAR check that was going on we thought one would cost us in the end. Initially I thought it was a good goal but I saw hesitation rom the referee. Obviously pleased goal was given, a good goal from our perspective.
"It was a real battle between normally two teams a lot more fluid than that. Both teams knew we had to fight to win. Wasn't a game of beauty. It was lot of aerial balls, which was a a marker of how hard the game was. Thankfully, we came out on top."