Enzo Le Fée’s first-half penalty gave Sunderland a 1–0 home win over Chelsea on Sunday, 8 November. It was Sunderland’s first Premier League victory since August and took Régis Le Bris’s side off the bottom of the table before the international break, according to the club’s match report.

Sunderland lost captain Granit Xhaka in the opening minutes but still found a way forward through Brian Brobbey. The striker volleyed wide from a Chemsdine Talbi cross, then won the penalty after tangling with Levi Colwill inside the area. Le Fée sent Mike Penders the wrong way. At the other end, Cole Palmer went down near the edge of the area and Chelsea’s appeal for a penalty was unsuccessful, the visiting club’s account records.

Xabi Alonso brought on Estêvão for Colwill at half-time and moved Moisés Caicedo from midfield to centre-back. The extra attacker helped Chelsea press further up the pitch, but Penders still had to save from Wilson Isidor at close range to keep the deficit at one.

Danny Welbeck headed over in stoppage time as Chelsea’s last clear chance went begging. Alonso’s side went into the break fifth. Caicedo had been fit to start, while Penders kept his place in goal following Emiliano Martínez’s jaw surgery, according to Chelsea’s report.

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