ALAN Pardew believed a point was a fair result against his former side, as Palace played out a 1-1 draw against the Magpies.
Papiss Cisse had given the visitors the lead just before half-time but Yannick Bolasie's pinpoint cross into Fraizer Campbell ensured the teams shared the points.
"Every point is like gold dust in the Premier League," said Pardew.
"It's difficult because Newcastle defended really well tonight, they made it difficult for us. They scored which I think turned out to be the only shot on target they had."
"We're not perfect. At times tonight we were kind of running out of ideas a bit so we need to just nail down our style a little bit better.
"But I thought we controlled possession much better than we normally do here and we're getting better and we've had some good results.
"Tonight for me I'll take a point, go home, and start again for Saturday."
Pardew didn't seem too bothered about the prospect of facing his former side for the first time since departing the Magpies after a four year spell, dismissing the Geordie fans taunts as "normal crowd banter."
He said: "The most important thing tonight was another point.
"We must never get away from the fact that we've got a battle on our hands and it's heating up down there.
"I've seen Aston Villa lost their manager tonight so there's going to be changes there and everyone's now looking at the finishing line as it's not far away with 13 games left."
The result sees Palace remain 13th place in the table, five points above the drop.
