Instant reaction to Regis Le Bris press conference ahead of Sunderland vs Liverpool
Two Sunderland players feature alongside Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Brentford stars in a Premier League team of the season so far.
It has already been a memorable season for Sunderland as the Black Cats are currently sitting in the top six of the Premier League ahead of away days at Manchester City and Liverpool and the long-awaited Wear-Tyne derby with Newcastle United.
After securing promotion with that dramatic Championship play-off final win against Sheffield United, Regis Le Bris and his players set the tone with a dominant display in a home win against West Ham United on the day top flight football made a long-awaited return to the Stadium of Light.
The Wearside faithful have already played a massive part in an exciting opening four months to the season and they witnessed arguably the most eventful game of the campaign at the weekend when the Black Cats came from two goals down to claim a 3-2 win against Bournemouth. However, some of Sunderland’s most memorable wins have come away from the Stadium of Light as they picked up three points in visits to the likes of European qualifiers Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.
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With the midway point of the season rapidly approaching, it is clear to see the ambitious summer recruitment plans set out and executed by the Sunderland hierarchy have paid off - and two of their close-season recruits sit proudly alongside players from Manchester City, Chelsea, Brentford and current leaders and title favourites Arsenal in a team of the season so far put together by stats experts. We take a look at the WhoScored team of the season so far as the stats experts reveal two Sunderland stars have made the cut.
WhoScored Premier League team of the season so far
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Robin Roefs | Chris Fryatt
GK: Robin Roefs (Sunderland) - 7.0 RB: Jurrien Timber (Arsenal) - 7.2 CB: Gabriel (Arsenal) - Arsenal CB: Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) - 7.2 LB: Nico O’Reilly (Chelsea) - 7.0 RW: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) - 7.3 CM: Declan Rice (Arsenal) - 7.3 CM: Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) - 7.3 LW: Jeremy Doku (Manchester City) - 7.3 ST: Erling Haaland (Manchester City) - 7.7 ST: Igor Thiago (Brentford) - 7.2
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