Absent manager Rafael Benitez was the architect behind Newcastle's 1-0 win at Swansea, his assistant Francisco de Miguel Moreno revealed after their Liberty Stadium success.
Benitez missed the game - won by skipper Jamaal Lascelles' 76th-minute header - as he was recovering at home after being laid low by an infection following recent hernia surgery.
Newcastle had arranged to put on a helicopter to fly Benitez to and from his Merseyside base.
The Spaniard was not well enough to make the trip, but Moreno confirmed after Newcastle's second straight Premier League win that he was in contact with the club's coaching staff throughout the game.