Sunderland win big against West Ham on Premier League return

The latest North East sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.

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00:00Sunderland marked their return to the Premier League with an emphatic 3-0 victory over West

00:04Ham United, thanks to goals from Anissa Mayenda, Dan Ballard and Wilson Isidore.

00:09Yes, happy. Happy for the fans, happy for the club, the players, the staff. We worked

00:17well the last six weeks to be ready for that first fixture here at the Stadium of Light.

00:25So, go again.

00:26In the build-up to this game, you talked about the pillars of what made this team successful

00:32last season, spirit, togetherness, and we saw that in abundance today.

00:37Yeah, I think Granit told at the end of the game in the dressing room two or three words

00:44and he talked especially about this togetherness, the way we can suffer together. Sometimes

00:49it's tough on the pitch. We have to defend maybe a bit deeper with 11 players.

00:56And I think we did well today from just two, three, four strong periods. And when we had

01:05the opportunity to counter-attack, we used this opportunity to score.

01:12And Newcastle United began their Premier League campaign with a 0-0 draw away at Aston Villa.

01:20Newcastle was certainly the more dominant side in the first half and could have gone ahead

01:24just a couple of minutes into the game when Anthony Alanga broke past the defence, but his

01:29shot was saved when Anthony Gordon was an option to his left for a tap-in. Newcastle continued

01:35to press, but the lack of a striker and focal points in their team with Alexander Azak, not

01:40part of their squad at present, was beginning to show. Into the second half, Villa started

01:46the stronger, but Newcastle then came back into the game and nearly went ahead again. But

01:52this time, as Anthony Gordon broke through of the defence, he was pulled down by Esri Concer.

01:57This resulted in a red card for the Villa defender, but Newcastle were unable to take advantage of

02:04Villa being down to 10 men, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw. Frustration for Newcastle, but

02:09a point away at a tough opponent.