Sunderland return to the Premier League this Saturday. They will host West Ham United in a significant opening fixture, ending an eight-year absence from the top flight.Fresh from their play-off

Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris praised his side for maintaining their identity from last season, securing their first top-flight win since 2017

That comes on Friday night at the London Stadium, and this was sufficiently damaging to West Ham as a team and as a club for manager Graham Potter — 90 minutes into the season — to be asked about “bouncing back”, if an immediate response is required against their London rivals. Even the club’s media asked him. It’s how bad this felt by 5pm.

Sunderland marked their return to the Premier League with a bang as they claimed a 3-0 home win against West Ham United.

West Ham vice-chair Karren Brady says the club "won't panic" and manager Graham Potter will be given time to turn things around following a disappointing defeat to Sunderland in their Premier League opener.