Alan Pardew has hailed the all action display of new arrival Moussa Sissoko, after the midfielder's second half brace secured victory for the Magpies over Chelsea on Saturday.
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Pardew admitted Sissoko's performance could be the best home debut by a Toon player in his tenure at the club, after hailing the 3-2 victory at St James' Park as "the game of the season".
He also suggested the Frenchman could be the last piece in the Tynesiders' jigsaw following his January move from Ligue 1 side Toulouse.
"I don't have to say too much - his performance spoke for itself," the 51-year-old tactician said. "The whole team was magnificent but it would be silly to ignore the fact that Sissoko announced his presence in the game, not just with his technical quality but his power.
"It's been something that's been missing from the team."
Pardew also praised his side's battling performance, recording back-to-back victories for only the second time this season.
And the Englishman will undoubtedly be hoping the victory will kick-start what has been an otherwise faltering 2012/13 Premier League campaign thus far.
"I don't think we're going to better that between now and the end. It was a fabulous game. It's a massive win for us today," he said. "It was undoubtedly the game of the season.
"When you're against a top side it's important to put them off their stride and show no fear and put them under pressure and we did that really well in the first-half. Perhaps we should have scored earlier, from Papiss Cisse, but we got the goal.
"We had an intelligence about us today," he added.
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