Leeds United's latest victory feels like sweet vindication for manager Marcelo Bielsa.
On the back of consecutive defeats, games where his team created aplenty but could not find the net, and set-piece woes, criticism had begun to set in.
Bielsa was even asked in his recent press conferences whether he thought his team was 'naive', something he made reference to in the build-up to the 5-2 win over Newcastle.
It was the first time a newly-promoted side had scored five goals in a Premier League game since Leicester City in 2015, and had been a long time coming. Not only have Leeds taken the most shots in the Premier League this season, unheard of for a team playing in the second tier as recently as five months ago, but they have recorded the most pressures, and rank highly for average possession share.
Simply put, Leeds dominate games regardless of who their opponent may be, but until Wednesday's demolition of Steve Bruce's side, question marks still remained over Leeds' approach and its sustainability.
These questions and concerns were misplaced, as had been stressed in the local media for much of the season. Bielsa's process was a solid one; high risk and high reward, as well as hugely entertaining. Until Newcastle rolled into town, Leeds had fallen foul of their high risk approach more often than they had been rewarded.
It speaks volumes that after thirteen matches this season, Leeds have already been involved in three seven-goal thrillers. In defeating Fulham 4-3 and Newcastle 5-2, Leeds have emerged victorious in the contests they would have been expected to win.
There have been other games though, ones which on the balance of chances, Leeds absolutely deserved to take all three points. Against Arsenal and Manchester City at Elland Road, Leeds mustered just two points - not a bad haul on paper - but given the circumstances of how the games played out, Bielsa was unfortunate not to have claimed the scalps of two of the Premier League's big boys.
Ending that hoodoo against a team who had enjoyed results they perhaps were not deserving of seemed like poetic justice in the end. Newcastle have rode their luck throughout Steve Bruce's tenure, often seeing out narrow victories or snatching draws from the jaws of defeat entirely against the run of play.
Against Leeds United though, they came unstuck, unable to live with the relentless nature of Bielsa's side. Until the 77th minute, there was parity, and it looked as though Leeds would yet again be stung by a side desperate to sit in and contain. In the ensuing thirteen minutes, they persevered, didn't panic and the process delivered them three points by a three-goal margin.
Pablo Hernandez's introduction and intervention was an important one, but the team performance as a whole saw the Whites over the line; a game in which Bielsa will inwardly be immensely proud of his players.
It was fitting that in Bielsa's 114th outing as Leeds manager - the most he has managed with any club side - he achieved his lifelong pursuit: a perfectly beautiful game of football, ending in emphatic victory.
The Argentine's gentle smirk as he approached Steve Bruce at the final whistle confirmed exactly that.
