The majority owner of Sunderland, Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, spoke publicly about the club's plans heading into the January transfer window. The Black Cats are meeting expectations since their return to the Premier League, with a record of five wins, three draws, and only two losses.

For live updates and highlights throughout Sunderland vs Everton, check out PST's live blog coverage below. Really good from Sunderland on the right, but in-form French striker Wilson Isidor loses his focus and snatches at a near-post chance.

Iliman Ndiaye scored a very good individual goal, Jack [Grealish] hits the post and when Thierno's [Barry] chance missed we didn't have enough. You could see it was a lucky goal [for Sunderland], it was a deflection but if you shoot,

As difficult as it might be for Sunderland fans to admit, the return of David Moyes to Wearside bore fruit for the Toffees — particularly during the first half when his men proved to be a tough nut to crack and Sunderland didn’t perform anywhere near the standards that they’ve set for themselves.

Most fans will point to Granit Xhaka as the star of the show for Sunderland, and rightly so. The skipper scored his first goal for his new club to fire them level early in the second half, and was dominant in the middle of the park from there on.

Sunderland has achieved more this season than anyone ever imagined. With all this hype now over them all over the world.

There were worrying moments for Sunderland fans in the first half when Nordi Mukiele went down after being caught late by Idrissa Gueye during an Everton counterattack around the 40th minute. The defender stayed down for some time as the Stadium of Light held its breath, but after receiving treatment, he was thankfully able to continue.

Granit Xhaka has claimed it will be a special reunion with Arsenal when he faces off against his old side with Sunderland over the weekend. The midfielder spent seven years with the Gunners, plenty of which were not plain sailing and came with their challenges.

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