PL round up: Newcastle, Bournemouth and Leeds pick up wins

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Eddie Howe's Newcastle began the Premier League season with three points. AFP

Newcastle defeated Nottingham Forest on the opening weekend of the season while Bournemouth beat Aston Villa and Leeds came from behind to win against Wolves.

Newcastle may not have delivered the big-name signings many expected in the transfer market, but the Magpies did the business on the pitch to spoil Nottingham Forest's return to the English top flight with a 2-0 win. Forest have even outspent Newcastle in the window on 12 new signings so far, but were given a lesson in the step up in quality to the Premier League at St James' Park. Fabian Schar's sensational strike opened the scoring before Callum Wilson's predatory finish sealed the three points.

Bournemouth were also 2-0 winners over Aston Villa, dispelling their pre-season gloom after a lack of transfer activity. Jefferson Lerma got the Cherries off to a great start after just three minutes and Kieffer Moore added a second 10 minutes from time.

Leeds shrugged off the loss of Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha over the summer as they beat Wolves 2-1 at Elland Road. Daniel Podence had fired Wolves into an early lead, but Jesse Marsch's men fought back impressively. Rodrigo blasted in from a narrow angle to level before Rayan Ait-Nouri's own goal decided the game 16 minutes from time.

Chelsea begin their campaign later on Saturday away to Everton.