29 mins A patient build-up from United led to Sandro Tonali trying to pick out Kieran Trippier to the right of the Wolves goal with a diagonal pass that was intercepted by Rodrigo Gomes. His header fell to Jacob Murphy towards the right touchline and he passed back to Tonali on the urging of Trippier.

A simple return pass from the Italian found Murphy in a pocket of space with Joao Gomes loitering ahead of him and crossed to the far post, where Nick Woltemade out jumped Emmanuel Agbadou and planted his header inside the upright and past Sam Johnstone into the Leazes net.

As the scorer returned to his own half, the SJP crowd joined in a chorus of "Woltemade, ole, ole, ole" - the same tune that had echoed around Elland Road in our last game, describing Alexander Isak in somewhat unflattering terms. 1-0

Half time: Magpies 1 Wolves 0

Full time: Magpies 1 Wolves 0

Eddie Howe said:

"Massive, massive win for us. The lads performed very well. Hard-fought, disciplined, we could have scored more - but we'll take the win however it came.

"They put us under pressure in the first five minutes, but after that we got control of the game. A great cross from (Jacob) Murphy and great to see Nick (Woltemade) score.

"It was a great moment for Nick. I was very pleased with how he played. You saw his qualities, his technical qualities that we’ve been discussing and his intelligence, But most importantly for a striker, when the ball comes into the box, you need to be there – and he was. It was a great finish.

"I’m really pleased for him personally because that just settles him down and relaxes him. He wants to do well and he’s delighted to be here. I think it’s a great start.

"Nick’s very intelligent, very, very humble and a very good communicator. He understood everything we wanted him to do tactically. It was great to see him scoring, he took his goal brilliantly; it was a very strong debut.

"He's an unusual player. He's very distinctive. I think the more you watch him, the more you realise how different he is to the stereotypical size that he brings.

"Very creative. We saw flashes of that today, little touches and passes that can really make a difference and open up a stubborn defensive line. He’s also very funny; the lads have really taken to him.

"We needed the win. With Barcelona on the horizon you don't get many chances in this league, but we're happy with the three points today.

"I did not see much wrong with the team performance at all. I was really pleased with the commitment of the players."

On his defence:

"Really pleased with how we've defended. I think even the Liverpool game, we conceded three, but with ten men, I thought we were really good.

"We've had that resilient look about us again. Now, four games doesn't mean anything. It's a long season, we've got a lot of big games ahead, but certainly good signs for us.

"It's not just the defending players, although they should rightly get a lot of credit. It is the team, but the team is functioning very well at the moment.”

On Sandro Tonali:

"I think he covered every blade today. He was putting out a lot of fires on transitions for us.

"I think he's done that superbly well. Sometimes it's not necessarily a quality that registers immediately, but the number of times that he reads the game, reads where the ball's going to drop, and he's there first, then you realise it's a massive skill of his. His athleticism, his speed.

"So, defensively, I think he's one of the reasons why we've been so strong. But, of course, then the other side of his game, his use of the ball and his creativity nearly scored a great goal for us today. So, I thought it was a great performance."

On combining Woltemade with the injured Yoane Wissa:

"It is something we can do and we will look at. I do not know if we want to change the tactical framework too much but I will never rule anything out."

On his first experience of Woltemade:

"It would’ve been last season, watching quite a bit of German football. I enjoy watching as much football as I can, and after seeing him be outstanding in the Under-21 tournament, it became a genuine interest in the player.

"He’s an unusual player and very distinctive. The more you watch him, the more you realise how different he is to the stereotypical size that he brings. He’s very, very creative, and we saw flashes of that today with little touches and passes. They can really make a difference for us and open up a stubborn defensive line.

"We’ve now got a lot of work to do with him physically to perform consistently in this league."

The goalscorer added:

"The Premier League is quite hard, I had to go out because I had cramps. For the first game I think it is OK to come in (be substituted).

"It was amazing, the atmosphere, the team played really good balls, they involved me a lot. I think we did quite good.

"I just try to play my game, like to drop off from the nine and come to where I can get the balls. The guys are already good today with me I want to play my game also here.

"Today was a good game for it but there could be games where it is hard. I want to adapt to this league, it is really hard. I want to look forward and keep going.

"I was just here for four days now, so everything was new for me. I was putting that bit away and I was focusing on myself today.

"Everybody was happy, I was happy. The Premier League is hard but I want to adapt and the coach gave me such a good feeling, I knew what to do.

"It was a great debut - can't be better. We won, I scored, we did well. It's really important that we won. 'Murph' told me be ready for the cross and it came to me beautifully. I didn't know what to do (after I scored) - I was just happy!

"Playing against Barça in the Champions League? That’s unbelievable. I’m very happy. It looks like my first Champions League match will be against a top team, and I’m looking forward to it. I think the atmosphere will be incredible."

After his side set a club record of starting a season with four losses, Vitor Perreira said:

"I’m very happy with my team, proud of my players, the way that we faced Newcastle away, full stadium, but I saw my team playing with bravery, tactical organisation, creating problems, strategic problems and we created two chance to score before them.