Romaine Mundle maintains Sunderland’s perfect start with winner over Burnley
As Jobe Bellingham strode imperiously across midfield, Romaine Mundle danced down the left wing and Sunderland fans dared to start believing again, Scott Parker’s frown deepened. Burnley arrived on Wearside protecting a 100% Championship record but departed thoroughly outclassed by a young, and extremely precocious, hosts.
It is very early days but Regis Le Bris, a little-known Frenchman who arrived in north-east England from relegated Lorient this summer, has presided over three straight second-tier wins. This is the first time Sunderland have opened a campaign with not merely a trio of league victories but three clean sheets.
It puts them top of the table on goal difference and evidently not to be underestimated. Fluid and fluent, Sunderland are a blur of slick passing and movement, operating within the framework of a high, hard press. For long periods Burnley were flattered considerably by the scoreline and looked as if they did not know what had hit them.
