Souness 'relieved' after first win

Blackburn 0 Newcastle 3

Souness has insisted he has not felt under extra pressure despite his side's failure to win any of their first five matches. And even the emphatic victory over the 3-0 win over his former club sealed by goals from Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Charles N'Zogbia changes nothing in relation to his long-term tenure, he believes.

"Security is not something that goes hand-in-hand with football management and that is a word I have never used and never will. We are at a big football club and we have to be in the top half of the table. We spent a lot of money this year and I have said all along I want to be judged on what happens on the pitch.