Burnley began their Premier League campaign with a 3-0 defeat at Tottenham but return to Turf Moor after a season unbeaten at home. Burnley accumulated 100 points in 2024-25 and narrowly missed the Championship title on goal difference. Captain Josh Cullen urged emotional balance, saying the squad must take the loss on the chin, learn where to tidy up and stick together for upcoming matches. Sunderland opened their top-flight return with a 3-0 win over West Ham, powered by a clinical second-half display featuring two headed goals in quick succession.
We spoke about it last year. You never get too high with the highs and you never get too low with the lows. There's always next week in football. We've been beaten, but we take it on the chin and we go again. Nothing was going to be decided for our season. Of course, we wanted to get off to a good start, and we had full belief we could get something from the game.
Meanwhile, Sunderland enjoyed contrasting fortunes in their first Premier League curtain-raiser in nine years, cruising to a 3-0 win against Graham Potter's West Ham United at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats' clinical second-half display saw Regis Le Bris' side score two headers in quick succession, the first time Sunderland have headed home twice in a Premier League game since 2014 (3-1 vs Stoke City), before Wilson
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