Jermaine Jenas's 32nd minute sending off and a hotly disputed penalty just ten minutes from time had clearly angered the tight-lipped Souness.
"If you speak your mind, you end up in trouble, so I'm not going to speak about him and the same goes for my players," Souness told the official Newcastle website after the game.
"They are quite rightfully upset at the things that went on out there. I am protecting them from saying something that might land them in trouble.
"Up until the sending off of JJ, we were more than a match for a team who will be challenging for the championship come the end of the season."