Nice run from Diarra and he tries to feed Brobbey but the ball is put behidn for a corner. Le Fee initially goes to take it for an outswinger but a change of heart as Xhaka jogs over to curl an inswinger instead.

The ball is whipped in towards the goal and Kinsky tips it over to be on the safe side. Gasps from around the ground.

The next corner is defended better and Spurs – decked out in yellow this afternoon – scramble it away

Good from Spurs again. Kolo Muani strides forward, Sunderland back off and he slips it left to Richarlison. the Brazilian hits it first time as he enters the box but it’s weak and straight at Roefs.

De Zerbi looks a bit frustrated. Richarlison could have taken a touch there.

Roberto De Zerbi a pensive figure in the dugout so far. It’s beena decent start from Spurs. Richarlison tries to slide a ball through for Solanke but it’s cut out.

Spurs appear to have set up in a 4-3-3 as expected, with Richarlison, Solanke and Kolo Muani as a front three. Solanke through the middle.

AND AN EARLY CHANCE! Good movement by Solanke, who gets to the byline, is fed the ball, cuts it back into the six-yard box and Bergvall is millimetres away from getting there. But Sunderland scramble it away.

Underway as Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham play for the first time. Can he get a tune out of the strugglers?

The players are out and we’re about to get going here at the Stadium of Light

Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Darren Bent have analysed Roberto De Zerbi’s first Spurs selection. They think Antonin Kinsky will need plenty of protection

Here some shots of the Black Cats players arriving a little earlier

Spurs are ready to rock and roll on Wearside

Roberto De Zerbi scoffed at suggestions he joined Tottenham for the money and promised to rapidly improve the mentality of his squad in a bid to secure safety.

Tottenham initially turned to De Zerbi after Thomas Frank was sacked on February 11, but were unsuccessful after his exit from Marseille in the same week and instead went down the interim route with Igor Tudor.

It proved a disastrous appointment with Tudor losing five of his seven matches before he departed by mutual consent on March 29 and this time De Zerbi did answer Spurs’ SOS call, despite the realistic threat of a bottom-three finish.

With no relegation release clause included in a bumper five-year contract, De Zerbi was asked if money was the major factor behind agreeing to take over Tottenham in such a precarious position.

“No,” De Zerbi insisted. “You can find the right answer in my history because I left a lot of money in my life and the money never changed my focus on my work.

“Marseille was a special place. I didn’t say goodbye yet to my former fans, my former club, because I didn’t want to make any polemic. And in that moment, it was good to stay at home.

“For me, it’s not a problem this situation for Tottenham. When you come in this club, you have not to decide depending on the situation in that moment. You have to have a longer vision. Now, the focus is on this season, these seven games, to keep (in) the Premier League.”