Steve Bruce praised Sone Aluko's "wonderful" goal as Hull City beat Newcastle United at St James's Park. On the day his sister Eniola scored for England, Aluko struck a masterful 76th-minute volley from 18 yards out to secure a 3-2 win for the Tigers.
"It was some goal that Sone scored to win us the game," said Bruce. "It's a really, really wonderful goal. Sone will remember it for a long time.
"For (George) Boyd, and Aluko, one was fifty grand from Peterborough and the other's one's a free transfer, I'm delighted for them to come on the big stage and show what they've got.
Victory on Tyneside saw Geordie Bruce exorcise the ghost of his blackest day in football as City twice came from behind. On his last visit to St James's Park as Sunderland manager in October 2010, he had left on the wrong end of a 5-1 scoreline.
Bruce said: "That was certainly the darkest Sunday afternoon I have had in football. It was the worst result I could probably ever think of. It's taken a long time to come back, but we have come back and dusted ourselves down, and it's always nice to win here.
"As you know, I'm a Geordie and it's always nice to come back, especially if we can get a result."
City were behind with just 11 minutes gone when Loic Remy, making his first home start for Newcastle in front of owner Mike Ashley and director of football Joe Kinnear, headed home from close range. But the lead lasted just 15 minutes as the Magpies' fragility at the back returned to haunt them and Robbie Brady levelled from Aluko's through-ball.
Remy restored the home side's advantage a minute before the break, but Ahmed Elmohamady headed home Brady's 48th-minute free-kick to put the resilient Tigers back on level terms.
However, it was Aluko who claimed the headlines when he spectacularly volleyed home substitute Boyd's cross, although Remy might have completed a hat-trick and snatched a point at the death, only to prod wide from close range.
Bruce said: "What has pleased me more than anything is the manner in which we have played. We have been to Chelsea and we got a bit of a doing in the first half-hour, but we are a little bit bold. We play two strikers and we are a little bit different and at the end of the day, it doesn't surprise me that we can come up here and win because we have got some good players.
"I hope they can keep their feet on the ground and keep enjoying it the way they are. The big thing for me is can we stay injury-free with the big players we have got?"
An injury to defender James Chester took some of the gloss off the win. He is now facing four to six weeks out after damaging his hamstring.
Magpies boss Alan Pardew paid tribute to Hull City after Bruce's side twice came from behind to run out winners at St James's Park.
Pardew said: "Hull, I'll be the first to pay tribute to them because they played very well, I must say that, but for us, it was a really disappointing day. Our selection of passing wasn't as great as it has been in the last two or three games and we had a day at the office which we are going to have to forget quite quickly and move on."
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