The winger deputised as skipper for his fellow Argentinian, who is recovering from a hamstring problem, during the 2-2 Premier League draw at Goodison Park on Monday night.
He said United's tactics were sadly wrong, despite him playing the centre of the park - where he asked to play!
Jonas Gutierrez: "I'm proud to captain Newcastle and these players - I really enjoying being captain.
"They want to work hard and to play.
"But now we want the captain - Colo (Coloccini) - to come back. He's a big player for us. We have to be together.
"We know it's a hard season. We have injured players, and you saw the players run and work hard, and trying to do their best for the team.
"That's what we want - to be together and to work hard. We wanted to take a good result home.
"It was a really good point.
"We had opportunities in the second half to win the game.
"In the first half they were better, but in the second half I think we did better than them.
"This is football. This was a just result for this game - a half went each way.
"We changed a few positions. The manager told us to change. In the first half, we had a tactic, and we changed it."