Five-star Newcastle kickstart campaign with impressive win over Aston Villa

Aston Villa have been tipped to emulate the Geordies' gate-crashing of the top four last season, but Unai Emery's men were given a harsh lesson in what's required to compete at the very sharp end of the Premier League as they were blown away at St James' Park.

IMPRESSIVE: Newcastle United's Sandro Tonali (right) celebrates.

Newcastle 5 Aston Villa 1 

The names and faces are all basically the same but Eddie Howe appears to have performed a spot of summer alchemy - transforming his grinders into a 21st century version of Kevin Keegan's entertainers.