Saint over as Hughes wins at last
make teams ahead of us look over their shoulders and we have been able to do that. It isn’t going to be easy.
“Our last home game is against Manchester City so the two matches before then will be hugely significant and we had to set up a platform for them.
“The win might have been a long time coming but now we have to take it and get over the line. Hopefully this can help us moving forward.”
Goalscorer Tadic said: “This is one of the most important wins in our history because we are fighting for our lives and we showed that. We showed we are able to win when we play like that.
“We knew we had to win this game, no matter how we played. We just had to, and I hope we can do that again in our last three games.
Power
“It is disappointing when you are 1-0 or 2-0 up and then you lose the game, but we showed we had to forget these things.
“The new coach gave us extra power and experience and finally we gave him something back. We need to be at our best when it is the most difficult.”
Meanwhile, CRYSTAL PALACE notched up their biggest top-flight win for 46 years as they hammered LEICESTER 5-0.
Goals from Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Patrick van Aanholt and Christian Benteke lifted Palace to 11th place, six points clear of the bottom three.
And Selhurst hero Zaha said: “We knew what we had to do and I’m happy we managed to do it.
“We’ve got all our players back after a rough period of injuries and we are back to ourselves and winning games.
“We still have a few games left and will take each game at a time, but that should be enough. If we play like that we should be fine.”
Chuffed boss Roy Hodgson added: “If we survive, which I believe we will, it’s going to be a heartwarming occasion for everybody.
“In some ways we did expect to get that last win and secure our status, so it’s more a relief than celebration.”