Rudy Gestede makes instant impact

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The summer signing from Blackburn Rovers took this opening-day encounter by the scruff of the neck with an impressive debut, suggesting he can be the player to replace Christian Benteke.

The Benin international is a throwback to the traditional English target man but it was his will to win which was most obvious on a carnival day on the south coast.