Matthias Jaissle said:

"I have mixed feelings over the result. If we performed to our best level today, then we could have ended up with three points.

"Mixed emotions... If you're 2-0 down you can be happy, because it was a great response, but if you see the bigger picture we're a bit frustrated not getting the three points at home.

"If we had performed at our best over 90 minutes, we could have got the three points here, but that's football.

"In general, we are happy with one point, but we see a lot of areas to improve as well.

"We have great characters in the team to respond. We're proud. The mentality and spirit is something we can really build on.

 "We couldn't match Bournemouth's intensity in the first-half and the two goals we conceded were a bit slapstick.

"However, we could have avoided that, if we had won our duels earlier in the phase of play.

I'm proud that we showed the right reaction, as it's not easy to come back from 2-0 down, and at least we got one point in the end.

"We couldn’t match Bournemouth’s intensity in the first half and conceded twice. That’s something you could avoid but I’m proud of the team to have shown the reaction.

“We were clear it would be a tough, tough game. If you look at our history against Bournemouth, it was never going to be easy. We wanted to win. We need to make sure we get the three points next time.

"Hopefully, we will continue like that, to make these substitutions. All of them showed a great input, not only JJ (Jacob Ramsey) because he scored, but also the other lads.

"They showed a good energy and a real braveness, which was needed to make that turnaround. I am really pleased to see that. It is not only the starters, it also the players on the bench, and even the players who are not in the squad who are part of being successful.

"All of the lads did well, but especially JJ showed real character on the pitch, intensity wise, being tough in the duels, but also being brave in possession, asking for the ball. He committed himself when he had the ball, and that was something that really helped us today.

"I think that is something we can really build on. The lads showed big character, big personality and big commitment, and the desire to try to win this game was clear to see right to the end.

"But on the other hand, there is also a bit of frustration there because we couldn’t deliver our best in the first half.

"Some aspects were missing in the performance, we couldn’t match the intensity of Bournemouth. In the Premier League, you need to have 90 minutes of being at your best to be able to get three points.

"We are still unbeaten at the start of the season. With the calibre of teams we have faced, that is a strong statement.

"When you see so many young lads in the squad, there will be ups and downs within a game. You saw that today, but the most important thing is that the learning curve is there.

"It doesn't worry me (that United's only two shots on target were goals). that's something that shows where we have potential.

"There is another statistic, at least before the match, that shows we were the best team at blocking the shots.

"You need to be really involved in protecting your goal, so that is something really important as well.

"Offensive-wise, there are elements to improve. Often today, the final pass was missing. We didn't find the free player. It is always better to get a point and see potential to improve."

On debutant Fernandez-Pardo:

"A lot of quality. It's the reason why we have signed him. He is still young but he's got a lot of potential.

"We need to be careful to manage him well because of the load. He hasn't played for 90 minutes for a long, long time.

"The whole club and fans can enjoy what we can expect from him in the future."

On Harvey Barnes and his goal:

"Typical Harvey move. In a time I couldn't have wished it more. That changed the momentum.

"It's also important after being 2-0 down, that you show straight away the reaction. The goal had a huge impact."

Director of Football Ross Wilson (pre-match):

"We went into the summer with a clear plan which we executed almost to its entirety. A couple of things different that we didn’t expect along the way, but we definitely wanted to be clear in terms of our profiles; we recruited eight players between the ages of 18 and 24 and that was the plan we wanted to go forward with.

"It was always in the plan that Anthony Gordon was going to move on. We were delighted for him to get such a prestigious move to Barcelona, that was great.

"I think it was pretty clear most of the second part of last season that Sandro Tonali was going to move on and for Bruno Guimaraes - I think it's well documented that wasn’t a transfer we were really comfortable with, so there's no us saying here today that it was, it wasn't.

"But we had to react to that of course, football is all about reacting to different challenges and that was a new challenge for us, but one hopefully we reacted to as part of our plan.

"It's definitely a clear plan, it's something that we really believe in. Thankfully all of the players have made a really good impact so far. I think it is brave, but we want to work with young players and this is a brave club.

"I think when you see this stadium full every single game, we never have to ask the fans to get behind the club here, they get behind us unbelievably well, probably the best in the Premier League.

"I think they want to see a brave team: I think our fans want to see a brave Newcastle United and that's how we're trying to step forward.

"The focus is always on our first team here of course, but we also made eight emerging talent signings across the summer."

Following the high emotion of the season-opening visit of Liverpool, Newcastle's second home league game began rather more quietly; reduced drink prices failing to offset the earliness of the hour.

What began as quiet affair though soon saw the SJP noise levels raised, as the antics of hapless referee Rob Jones roused home supporters from their slumbers.

There's a certain sort of sadism in scheduling the longest trip of the season at the earliest kick-off time - this the second time in three league visits that the Cherries have faced that scenario.

Those that did make it up from Dorset though were soon celebrating in the sunshine, as their side opened the scoring for the third time in as many games and then grabbed a second to jeopardise Mattias Jaissle's unbeaten start to life as Magpies boss.

The Newcastle manager cut a frustrated figure at pitchside; increasingly exasperated with his side's wayward passing and some eccentric refereeing decisions that ultimately ended with bookings for him and one of his staff.

Marcus Tavernier had netted in both of his side's visits to Tyneside last season and took just nine minutes to repeat that feat; reacting quicker that Amar Dedic to convert when Alex Scott's shot flicked off the unsuspecting Nico Gonzalez and into the six yard box.

That move had begun with what looked to be a clear foul on Anthony Elanga by Adrien Truffert just on halfway and home fans and players were still berating the officials two minutes later, when Sven Botman's bungled pass to Gonzalez allowed Evanilson sight of goal.

The Brazilian fired wastefully over the crossbar, but the danger wasn't heeded and Tavernier spurned an equally good shooting position in the 26th minute with a weak effort straight at Hornicek. 

The goalkeeper was scrambling across his line soon after when a deflected shot from Justin Kluivert - who bagged a hat-trick here in 2025 - struck Botman and went wide.

A second Cherries goal arrived in farcical circumstances: Kluivert's shot from distance hitting a post and rebounding off the head of the prone Hornicek towards Alex Scott lurking on the left side of the six yard box.

He sent it back across goal in the direction of Evanilson, only for the ball to spin up off Malick Thiaw's heel, sending it over his 'keeper and under the crossbar.

At that stage, United's fifth successive failure to take maximum points from Bournemouth here loomed large, but almost immediately Lewis Hall's fine ball down the left released Harvey Barnes and he turned infield to elude Tyler Adams before looping an unstoppable effort into the Leazes End net.

That at least gave the home side something tangible to show for a half when they'd looked vulnerable in defence, exposed in midfield and sluggish in attack.

Thoughts that United would build from the back as proscribed by their coach steadily ebbed away as Bournemouth's relentless press highlighted shortcomings in both passing and ball retention - neither strong or accurate enough to achieve the desired fluid movement forward.

There may well be reported punishment under this regime for negative passes in training, but our grand plans presumably don't include getting tied up in knots towards the edge of our own box and resorting to aimless hoofs upfield from the Hornicek or Botman.

The distribution of our new goalkeeper is at least more predictable than his predecessor - quite what we'd have seen today had Pope got off the bench is anyone's guess....

The visiting players were first out after the interval, Newcastle emerging some time later unchanged but with the entire bench having left the field for the half-time team talk.

Within seven minutes the black and whites came close to levelling: Yoane Wissa's brilliant run taking him from his own half to the right byline. His cross was headed on by Elanga at the near post, but Willock glancing his header just wide as Barnes tried in vain to intervene at the back stick.

That forward threat wasn't sustained though and it wasn't until debutant Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Jacob Murphy appeared that the Magpies finally threatened in the final third.

United's Belgian new boy looked nippy and nimble, soon joining in with the growing frustration around the ground at the referee's inability to discern between fouls and dives by Bournemouth players - which continually disrupted play.

The Cherries have dropped more points from winning positions in last 12 months than anyone else except Newcastle and an equaliser did belatedly appear, despite the efforts of Jones & Co.

Dedic's deep cross from the right was nodded back across goal by Botman and down by Thiaw for Barnes to blast a first-time shot into a defender. While he appealed for a handball, the loose ball ran into the path of Ramsey who steered home a low shot from 15 yards out in the Gallowgate net.  

The final whistle sounded after the bare minimum of six minutes - despite numerous stoppages in time added on - leaving the Cherries winless this season and the Magpies unbeaten.

Neither of those outcomes seemed likely in the opening stages, but for all United's unsettling lack of control for lengthy periods of time, they managed to avoid losing. 

As Jaissle said before a ball was kicked, what is a season of adaptation requires patience as players develop a collective identity and style. This was as much of an example of that as last week's victory at Spurs - a work in progress.

Biffa