Regis Le Bris hails Granit Xhaka influence as midfielder earns Sunderland point - Xhaka’s equaliser cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s opener for Everton.

Xhaka, despite putting in a man-of-the-match calibre showing himself, came up short with a slightly lesser 88% pass accuracy on his end, with Geertruida also matching his standout teammate in terms of tackles and duels won.

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.

Granit Xhaka believes Sunderland did enough to warrant their point against Everton on Monday night, but has told his team mates that they cannot afford to let their standards slip on the training ground.

Sunderland has come from behind to draw with Everton 1-1 at home in the Premier League. The surprising Black Cats move into fourth place, equal on points with Liverpool and Bournemouth.

Sunderland's capture of Granit Xhaka this past summer appears to have been one of the transfer window's finest deals

When Granit Xhaka made the surprising move from Bayer Leverkusen to AFC Sunderland last summer, many Bundesliga fans shook their heads in disbelief. The Swiss national player, at 33 years old likely

Everton are well on top here. Noah Sadiki was the Sunderland player tackled by Barry in the lead up to Ndiaye's goal, and he's let his frustration out with a wild tackle. He goes into the book as does Nordi Mukiele for apparent dissent afterwards.