Sunderland 3-0 West Ham, Tottenham 3-0 Burnley, Brighton 1-1 Fulham – clockwatch as it happened

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West Ham manager Graham Potter reacts to their 3-0 defeat at Sunderland

Very disappointing. The second half performance wasn’t good at all in terms of the basics. I thought the first half was good – we controlled the game for large periods in a hostile environment.

The first goal isn’t good enough from our perspective, and then the game becomes difficult for us.

We’ve got a big game on Friday in front of our own supporters – we have to react and do a lot better.

Wolves v Man City is under way. You can follow that game with Scott Murray.

Thomas Frank’s reaction

I’m extremely happy with the three goals and the clean sheet. If I’m brutally honest, I felt we were a little bit out of sync at times but the overall performance was good. I like the mentality and the hard work. We worked a lot on crosses, which is big for me, and we scored from two of them. That’s an element I was very happy with.

What a performance from Richarlison. His work rate, his intensity and on top of that two goals – especially the last one – is exceptional. I’ve just been told there were 17 passes [before one of the goals] and that all the players touched the ball. That’s nice.

Mohammed Kudus

I’m very happy with the performance and the result.

[On Richarlison’s second] As a winger part of my responsibility is to serve the strikers. I don’t think it was a perfect cross but he made it look so good! It’s good to set up the strikers; I’m here to serve them.

Part of the reason I came here is to play in the position I want to be in – and where I can entertain the fans, because I think that’s what the game is about. But the most important thing is doing it at the right time.

Richarlison

Thank you for the assists [pats Kudus on the shoulder]. I’m so happy with this guy – next week he deserves to score because he works so hard for the team. I think this guy’s Brazilian!

I’m so happy with the game.

Sunderland goalscorer Dan Ballard reacts

It’s amazing to be back in the Premier League – and what a performance to start us off.

[On the three goals being scored by players who were at the club last season] We’ve had a lot of new signings but there was a lot of quality here, that’s the reason we got promoted. I was delighted for the two boys to get their goal as they were so influential last season.

I felt really confident today, I thought I would get a goal. It was a fantastic ball.

The place was rocking. This was very, very close to [the atmosphere at] the Coventry game.

Those are the 3pm games, and here’s what happened in the early kick-offs.

“About that Manics album,” says Peter Oh. “One of the tracks has a title that fits modern football in many ways: All Is Vanity.

“PS I saw the Manics play a gig in San Francisco on their Journal for Plague Lovers tour, at the legendary Fillmore. I remember having the feeling that the power of their sound would blow the doors off the hinges.”

That’s all she wrote at the Amex Stadium. Rodrigo Muniz’s last-gasp equaliser, a clinical snapshot after a corner flashed across goal, has given Fulham an unlikely point.

Sunderland are top of the Premier League!

But not any more. Rodrigo Muniz has equalised for Fulham!

90+5 min: Brighton 1-0 Fulham Kenny Tete has missed a sitter for Fulham in the fifth of six added minutes. Just before that, Paul Merson announced on Sky Sports that you could put up six hours of added time, never mind six minutes, and Fulham still wouldn’t score. And so far he’s right.

A comfortable start for Thomas Frank including two goals for Richarlison, the second a marvellous flying volley.

A perfect end to a perfect second half for Sunderland! Wilson Isidor has put them 3-0 up with the help of a mistake from West Ham’s new goalkeeper Mads Hermansen.

Preston 2-1 Leicester “Jeremy Monga is the same age as Journal for Plague Lovers by the Manics,” writes Matt Dony. “I’m going to bed.”

If it cheers you up any, old man, it looks like Monga’s historic goal will be in vain as Preston have gone back in front.

88 min: Brighton 1-0 Fulham James Milner, 39, has just come off the bench to begin his – yikesorama – 24th Premier League season. It sounds like Brighton have the game under control; well, as much as you can at 1-0.

Nottingham Forest have announced the signing of Omari Hutchinson, one of the stars of the England Under-21 side that won the European Championship in the summer, from Ipswich. We’ll have more on that deal later I’m sure.

Premier League latest

• Brighton 1-0 Fulham

• Sunderland 2-0 West Ham

• Tottenham 3-0 Burnley

Championship Ruben Selles’ miserable start to life at Sheffield United is in danger of continuing. They trail 1-0 at Swansea, whose goal was scored in the 66th minute by Ronald. One O.

Preston 1-1 Leicester City Jeremy Monga’s goal makes him the youngest ever goalscorer in the English second tier. He’s 16 years 37 days old and has beaten a record set by Jude Bellingham for Birmingham in 2019. Who else?

What a return for Sunderland. Dan Ballard, whose goal against Coventry is one of the main reasons Sunderland are in the Premier League, has planted a brilliant header past Mads Hermansen to double the home side’s lead.

Ederson isn’t in the Manchester City squad, so another giant of the 2017-24 could be on his way. James Trafford is in goal for City.

Scott Murray has the full team news.

Championship Jeremy Monga has scored a fine individual equaliser for Leicester at Preston. If you don’t want to feel really, really old, look away now.

Monga was born in July 2009.

Premier League latest

• Brighton 1-0 Fulham

• Sunderland 1-0 West Ham

• Tottenham 3-0 Burnley

“Richarlison has been by a very long distance the best player on the field today,” says Kári Tulinius. “While I realise he’s the epitome of a footballer that flatters to deceive, he could blossom in a striker-centric Thomas Frank system. He’s already scored half the number of league goals he scored last year, and twice the number of league goals during his first season.”

All done at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Brennan Johnson has put Spurs 3-0 up against Burnley. He ran onto Pape Sarr’s through ball and finished with a gentle stab past Martin Dubravka.

When I say ‘all done’…

64 min: Sunderland 1-0 West Ham Mayenda’s goal was also a fine finish. He got in front of Nayef Aguerd to meet the substitute Omar Alderete’s cross from the left and force a precise header back across Mads Hermansen.

63 min: Tottenham 2-0 Burnley Richarlison’s second goal was so good, an elegant scissor kick into the bottom corner from 12 yards. He was running away from goal as he met the ball, which made the grace and precision of the volley even better. Like his first goal, it came from a right-wing cross by the debutant Mohammed Kudus.

Sunderland are back, baby! Eliezer Mayenda is the Michael Chopra des nos jours; he’s scored Sunderland’s first goal on their return to the top flight.

Richarlison had doubled Spurs’ lead with a belter!

56 min: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley

“Richarlison is one of my favourite players because of his off-field stances: specifically, for opening up about his struggles with depression and urging others who are struggling to seek treatment, and for his critique of Jair Bolsonaro’s fascist regime (in stark contrast to his countryman Neymar on the latter),” writes Michael Weller. “At the same time, his goal for Spurs today highlights one of the eternal verities of being an Evertonian: that wherever football is played, you’re never far from seeing a former Everton player score for another team.”

It’s interesting – euphemism alert – that despite his off-field decency Richarlison would probably walk into a Premier League’s Most Hated XI.

The sale of Joao Pedro to Chelsea means Brighton need a new penalty taker. When Georginio Rutter is fouled by Sander Berge, Matt O’Riley obliges with an emphatic spotkick.

Wolves v Man City (5.30pm) The late Premier League game is at Molineux, where Manchester City’s revamped team face Wolves. We’ll have team news for that game soon enough.

Championship roundup

Here’s our write-up of the early Championship games, including a ding-dong gave at Pride Park.

Peep peep! The players are back for more and so, dear reader, are we.

A reminder that you can follow all the EFL games on our live scores page.

Half time: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley

Thomas Frank’s new team lead Burnley thanks to a smart early finish from Richarlison.

Half time: Brighton 0-0 Fulham

Nothing to see here.

Half time: Sunderland 0-0 West Ham

A tight first half at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland have seven new signings in their starting XI.

42 min: Brighton 0-0 Fulham “It’s all Brighton” is the verdict of Paul Merson on Sky Sports. Sounds like Carlos Baleba is dominating midfield as usual.

Premier League latest

• Brighton 0-0 Fulham

• Sunderland 0-0 West Ham

• Tottenham 1-0 Burnley

League One Quite the first half at Bloomfield Road, where Blackpool lead Huddersfield 3-2 but have just been reduced to 10 men. Niall Ennis, who scored two of Blackpool’s goals, has now been sent off for a dangerous high challenge.

34 min: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley It sounds like Burnley are coming into the game, albeit without really testing Guglielmo Vicario.

30 min: Brighton 0-0 Fulham Kaoru Mitoma misses the clearest chance to date, heading off target from Matt O’Riley’s cross.

27 min: Sunderland 0-0 West Ham A neat move from West Ham ends with El-Hadji Malick Diouf’s shot being cleared off the line by Dan Ballard. It sounds like that game has been pretty even so far.