"It's the game I've enjoyed most as a manager, in terms of excitement and feeling good about the game. We've had better results and beat Arsenal 3-2 recently but the excitement wasn't the same," said Strachan.
"It was great. I loved it, I loved the football, I loved the game and I loved the atmosphere."
"The teams showed each other so much respect, there were no bookings and the referee was excellent. There's not a bad word to say about the game.
"We said we had to be brave and should go for it. I didn't want to block the game up and it could have been any score.
"It's the game I've enjoyed most as a manager, in terms of excitement and feeling good about the game. We've had better results and beat Arsenal 3-2 recently but the excitement wasn't the same.
"Maybe that's a bit naive as we should be winning games but that's what we set out to do and what I'm excited about is how we kept on trying to win.
"I thought that the fitness of both sides was fantastic. It was a bit like basketball - you have a shot at us, we will have a shot at you. That's the way Newcastle play and you get sucked into that.
"I don't think there was a bad player in either side. Each player gave something that added to the game. There were no passengers in the game today.
"Chris Marsden had two cracking chances, and if he had hair I think we would have won the game! It skidded off his head both times. I was going to chuck a towel at him so he could dry his head, but it would have looked like I wasn't taking the game too seriously.
"The players were slapping each other on the back in the tunnel, saying 'well done, I enjoyed that, you did well, you did well.'
"I popped into the referees' dressing room and said well done. There were no bookings and no need for bookings. There were tackles but nothing malicious, and you only need a booking if it's malicious."