Unai Emery was left disappointed after Aston Villa’s 17-game unbeaten Premier League run at home came to an end.
Newcastle United left Villa Park with a 3-1 victory to hand the hosts a first defeat in B6 in the top flight since February last year.
Emery felt his team didn’t hit the heights that they had reached during their club record run.
“I’m a little bit frustrated and a little bit disappointed but very proud of the way we did,” he said.
“The loss has to come one day and Newcastle deserved it overall. In the first 60 minutes they were better than us; strong in set pieces and we conceded two goals.
“We weren’t controlling the game like we planned and we were doing before in other matches. The consequence at the end was the lost.
“I’m very proud for our supporters and very proud of the players of the way we did. It’s finished (the unbeaten run) because we lost after a very long time being successful here.
“We’re going to work again, to react quickly and to be strong again with our supporters here.”
Villa came into the match having not conceded a goal in three matches but were left chasing the game after Newcastle struck twice in four first half minutes.
Ollie Watkins netted his 50th Premier League goal to make it 3-1 in the second half, but Emery accepted his team were beaten by the better side.
He said: “Always when you are losing it’s a little bit frustrating for the players and supporters, but we have to try to get the perspective we have now with everything we were doing.
“We have to accept this loss today because Newcastle played very well and they’re a team with good players, with good coaches and they were very successful last year.
“This year they’ve had some problems but they’ve shown that they are going to push for a top seven position.
“We have to accept it and push to try to keep our position and performances like we did.”
