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

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.

Granit Xhaka put in a superb display on his Sunderland debut as the Black Cats thrashed West Ham 3-0 on their Premier League return.

Sunderland begin their first Premier League campaign since 2017 at home to a West Ham United side hoping to improve following a mixed a start under Graham Potter. BBC Sport takes a look at some of the key themes before the opener.