Thompson said: “We always said that when we get our injured players back, it’ll be like new signings and we’ve got Neto, we’ve got Jonny in there as well, which is absolutely brilliant.
“You heard what it was like from the fans when he came on, when he was warming up and even when he was named on the teamsheet as a substitute, it shows the kind of lift a player can bring you.
There’s talk about us not spending much, but he’s a £50 million player, maybe even more, and we’ve got a player like him coming back into the squad.
Iwelumo said: “You’ve got to remember the style of player Pedro Neto is.
“It’s mentally draining, just in the fact he was waiting to come on and axctually get up to speed with it.
“The players will know he has to get back into the groove, but his awareness, his touch and his positioning.
“But in the Premier League, you’re not going to have it all your own way, you have to defend well, and Leicester did and came back into the match.
“We did get a little bit fortunate at times, where we weren’t punished because of misplaced passes or bad finishing from Leicester.
Thompson said: “It’s unbelievable, isn’t it? It’s not easy at all and you look at the technique that he used as well, he sidefooted it, but it was with that much force, the keeper couldn’t keep it out.
He hit it with pace, with the inside of his foot and there was that little bit of swerve on it, but there was definitely power on it.
We spoke about Neves’ bodyshape, his energy and everything he brings, but Daniel Podence is getting stronger and stronger, and you look at the size of him, he’s an absolute threat all the time.