It’s Hull for John on bow
John Terry was frustrated on his Aston Villa debut as Hull hit back to draw.
The 36-year- old former Chelsea defender was given a rousing reception and players responded.
Gabby Agbonla hor finished off a superb move to drill in an eighth-minute opener but Hull were never out of it.
After the break Jarrod Bowen levelled to earn a 1-1 draw that hushed Villa Park.
E l s ewhe r e in t he Championship Alex Neil guided Preston to their first opening-day win since 2008.
The new boss insisted his side should have netted more than Daniel Johnson’s 78th-minute penalty that sunk Sheffield Wednesday.
He said: “We were better than Wednesday in almost every aspect. We outplayed them and outfought them and we deserved to win.”
Wolves won the battle of two of the promotion hopefuls as Middlesbrough were beaten 1- 0.
Former Porto boss Nuno Espirito Santo said: “We controlled the game and this is the way we should work. We are still not the final product and every game will be better.”
Leo Bonatini, making his debut after arriving on-loan from Al-Hilal, netted a 33rdminute str i ke a f ter a mistake by Daniel Ayala.
Norwich boss Daniel Farke defended Nelson Oliveira’s celebration as he earned a 1-1 draw at Fulham.
The Portuguese striker cancel led out Russel l Martin’s own goal two minutes from time after being thrown on as a sub.
He ran over to Farke and ripped off his shirt before pointing to his name.
O l i v e i r a’s ge s t u r e appeared to be criticism of Farke who picked former Inverness man Marley Watkins to start.
Farke said: “Nelson is from Portugal and emotional. It was really kind of him to show me the shirt. What he did was quite normal.”
The 30-year-old was gutted in the immediate aftermath of Thursday’s 2- 0 loss to Apollon Limassol as the Dons crashed out of the Europa League.
But the Reds stopper is refusing to dwell on what might have been in Europe, instead opting to focus on what could still be when Hamilton come calling in today’s Premiership curtain raiser.
And Reynolds is adamant Aberdeen are still best equipped to mount a title challenge to Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops – despite bookies making Rangers favourites to finish best of the rest.
Derek McInnes led his side to a record 76 points last term en route to a third straight second-place finish but Reynolds wants to beat it following their loss in Larnaca. has been for a few years and the new players are gelling well.
“We are a bit dif ferent without Jonny Hayes and Niall McGinn but with Greg Stewart and Ryan Christie we have something different and they are matchwinners too.
“We are feeling confident and the European games have always stood us in good stead going into the league campaign.
“Sometimes when you are going into friendlies and even the League Cup games, they are still not top games against the type of opposition we have been playing.”
McInnes’ men fell at the Europa League third qualifying round for