Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood:  “I thought we were slow in the first period but we set out to nullify them and try to quieten this carnival atmosphere. We did that for half an hour and then we didn’t stick to the plan for the last 15 minutes, and had to rely on Brad Guzan to make a few saves.

“Rudy hasn’t trained an awful lot, but we knew he would give us a different dimension. We worked very hard to bring him to this football club so we’re delighted – and that’s a victory or the people behind the scenes at the club.

“You can adore Gestede because he looks so good as well! He’s a big menacing guy and he doesn’t give centre backs a minute’s rest.

“A lot of our fans have probably come down here for the weekend, so we’ve sent them home with a nice tan!”

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri:  "It was a very good start and I am very happy with my players in the first match, which is so important in front of our fans. They supported us. I told my players to be the warriors for them.

"The performance was outstanding from the beginning. I was calm because I saw my players concentrate. I don’t like to concede but we made a little mistake and didn’t close the man. They were clever to find the solution. Now is important to forget what happened and improve what we did not so good.

"I remember my first match [as Chelsea boss] was against Manchester United and we were losing 2-0 and ended up drawing 3-3. This was better."

Chelsea have got their title defence under way! 

We'll have regular updates right here but if you want even more detail from their game against Swansea you can follow the action via our dedicated live text commentary.

It can be easy to forget that it is not all over for footballers once the final whistle goes, because there are the post-match interviews to do. Sometimes they can be just as draining as the game itself.

After match winner Rudy Gestede gave his thoughts to BBC Sport in the tunnel at Bournemouth, the Aston Villa press officer attempted to whisk away the striker from the rest of the waiting media, saying he was too hot and needed a rest.

Gestede, though, was happy enough in the heat and continued chatting away about his dream debut.

I suppose you could say he was too hot for Bournemouth to handle (sorry!).

It's a three way log-jam at the top of League Two, with Cambridge, Portsmouth and Wycombe all winning 3-0.

Jonathan Smith scored a 92nd minute equaliser for Luton at Accrington, with opening day wins coming for Plymouth, Northampton and Hartlepool.

An early blow for Chelsea?

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is a possible injury doubt having apparently injured his knee during the warm-up.

You can find out more details, and follow the game in detail via our dedicated live text commentary page.

High praise for 'The Tinkerman' from Marc Albrighton.

“Claudio Ranieri has come in with fresh ideas to add to the way we were playing," he says.

"He didn’t want to change too much but he has new ideas and we are taking them on board. 

"It is too early to say what the season will hold but if we can take confidence and pride in the way we play we will do well.”

Leicester midfielder Marc Albrighton : "It's a good start. We set the tempo in the first 15/20 minutes and just built from then on. 

"Towards the end of last season our main strength was our starts and we just carried that on. 

"I don't know if they were shocked but they should probably have seen that coming."

Pembo in Leicester:  Everyone thought Villa were going to go to Bournemouth and have their tummies tickled but we were the ones wielding the feather. Up the villa!     

Andrew:  Really? Gareth Barry at left back? Everton have some work to do this transfer window.   

Gillingham thrashed Sheffield United 4-0 to go top of the pile in League One, closely followed by a Nicky Byrne hat-trick for Swindon in their 4-1 trouncing over Bradford.

On loan striker Adam Armstrong scored twice on his debut as Coventry beat Wigan 2-0, with wins for Burton, Chesterfield and Rochdale.

Aston Villa goalscorer Rudy Gestede:  “It’s not easy to come here and get the 3 points. I scored a goal so I’m very happy today. Bournemouth played a very good game especially in the first half. 

"I had two chances and I scored one. It’s not easy to win away, but we take it and we train hard and focus on the next game.”

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Chelsea make two changes to the team which lost to Arsenal in the Community Shield last Sunday. Diego Costa is fit after his latest hamstring problem while Oscar replaces Ramires.

Swansea boss Garry Monk hands a debut to forward Andre Ayew after his move from Marseille in June. But defender Jordi Amat has not recovered in time from a broken foot.

Chelsea XI: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Costa.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki Sung-Yueng, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, Ayew, Montero, Gomis.

MK Dons are the early leaders in the Championship after a comprehensive 4-1 win at Rotherham and Charlton recorded an impressive 2-0 victory against QPR.

Brentford turned it around in spectacular fashion against Ipswich, scoring in the 92nd and 96th minute to snatch a point.

Elsewhere, Birmingham, Wolves and Hull all won.