Should Sunderland's winning goal vs. Chelsea have been ruled out? And did Liverpool deserve a penalty vs. Brentford?

Chelsea were passive in their 2-1 defeat by Sunderland at Stamford Bridge and Moises Caicedo’s isolated efforts in midfield were most alarming of all

Undoubtedly, Sunderland - who won 2-1 at Chelsea on Saturday - have been the biggest surprise of the Premier League so far this season. Minutes away from a Championship play-off final defeat in May, they will end October fourth in the top flight.

The win away to Chelsea was far from a fluke; it was a culmination of all Regis Le Bris’ Sunderland have built

Regis Le Bris made the bold decision to replace number one goalkeeper Anthony Patterson in the summer, with Dutch star Robin Roefs coming in. Suffice it to say that was the right decision. Roefs has firmly established himself as Sunderland’s first-choice ‘keeper and has singlehandedly won the Black Cats points on more than one occasion.

Michael: A poor performance. There's no point having all that possession if you cannot create chances. Sunderland packed their defence but we had no creative spark. It was all too slow and predictable and we got rightly punished for it at the end but it was a game we should have won comfortably.

Sunderland's return to the Premier League has been a huge success, but Chelsea will be a giant challenge for the Black Cats

I was there. 24 years ago. January 2001. Don Hutchinson and Stan Varga, with his luscious long hair, steering us to a 2-0 away win at West Ham’s Upton Park. We sat second in the Premier League after that result. I was only 12 and had just become a fully invested Sunderland fan, thinking that winning was normal.

Preview the matchup between Chelsea FC and Sunderland AFC with predictions, odds, over/under, betting lines and more.

To describe Sunderland's start merely as a dream would be to do it a disservice. With 17 points from nine matches, they have not only bucked the recent trend of newly promoted sides struggling in the Premier League but they have defied critics that accused them of making too many signings.