"Payet is a player I wanted from the start," said Bilic. "He is not only a great player but he makes players around him better.
"We fully deserved the three points, we were better from the start and we scored at the right time.
"Newcastle put us under a bit of pressure as we were defending too deep. In the second half I was proud, because we were solid, good at keeping the ball and great at counter attacks."