Callum Wilson has revealed Newcastle United players had spoken about the incentive that lay in front of them before the kick off against Leicester City.
Victory against the Foxes was always going to put Newcastle on the brink of safety and Wilson and his team-mates helped deliver it in style.
After taking his tally to 12 goals for the season, Wilson said: "It was very enjoyable, we had to stay disciplined and hit them on the counter-attack.
"A few results and it is like a domino effect. We are playing with a bit more freedom.
"We had nothing to lose and everything to gain. We had a nice incentive that if we got three points we'd be close to safe."
Although, Wilson admits United were hanging on towards the end.
He said: "We were very disciplined until the last 10 minutes.
"When your backs are to the wall you probably have to weather the storm better than we did. That's a downfall of ours at the minute.
"It's another three points on the board and more of a gap to the bottom three."
