It is too soon to talk of corners turned - especially when this Newcastle side can drive even the sanest supporter around the bend - but a four-goal response to a four-game winless run was as good as Eddie Howe could have asked from his players.
They needed this, on the back of a bruising week in which Alan Shearer questioned the team’s attitude and goalkeeper Nick Pope and striker Callum Wilson were lost to injury until 2025. To that end, they needed Leicester.
New Foxes boss Ruud van Nistelrooy lost for the first time as a manager in English football, after six unbeaten across this job and a caretaker spell at Manchester United.