The match ended 1-1 at St James' Park, with Newcastle taking the lead when Andy Carroll latched onto a defensive mix-up to score.
Salomon Kalou's deflected effort levelled just before half-time and the champions could not find a way through in the second half.
Hughton admits his side were on the back foot at times, but they deserved the draw.
"You are fearful every time they attack because of what they have got, they had got the ascendancy, and we conceded a poor goal," Hughton explained to Sky Sports.
"But credit to every one of our players, we dug in and we got to a stage where if you can get comfortable against a side like that, then we ended up being a touch comfortable."
He admitted that, late on, his side were settling for a point, adding: "You get to that stage of the game where the joy of getting something from the game is a little bit more than the possibility of losing the game.
"And as I said they have got so much quality, it is a little bit of every time they attack there is that fear.
"But we dug in and I don't think anyone seeing that game today can deny we deserved something from it."
Hughton was also delighted with Carroll, who grabbed another goal, saying: "Andy doesn't play with fear. He's not fearful of any opposition or any individual - that's how he is at the moment.
"When you are in a confident mood and you are scoring goals, that's how it
should be.
"You should look forward to every game. You should think every game is an
opportunity to play well and score."
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