Chance for Everton as Ross Barkley feeds a pass for Romelu Lukaku on the edge of the area and the striker shoots first time. Fraser Forster has it covered. 

Where's our first goal going to come from? Almost 20 minutes in and all four games are still goalless.

James Bland: An extremely poor keeper and an ageing/inexperienced defence.a midfield that's mostly past it.yet he benches his best player ? another managerial master stroke from pep  

Mali Mangapi: Poor performance for sometimes. Aguero is declining very fast. Save him right to be on the bench.

Krish Sha: Where is Gabriel Jesus and surely he shud be starting as striker in place of Aguero  

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... and Scott Arfield sends it into the wall. Burnley holding their own at the moment, though.

Ouch! George Boyd feels the full force of a Jesus Navas blast from yards away. On a cold day, that's got to hurt. Made of strong stuff, though, Boyd. Shrugs it off.

Meanwhile, Burnley have weathered a bit of early Manchester City pressure. In fact, they have a free-kick now just outside the box...

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Sunderland have not won a league game when Jack Rodwell has started. Yet the former Everton man has gone ever so close to giving his side the lead with a powerful low effort which forced a fine save from Simon Mignolet. Encouraging signs for David Moyes.

Oh this is a blow for Everton's teenage forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin. 

The 18-year-old made his first start for the Toffees against Southampton but has to go off barely 15 minutes into the game with an ankle injury. On comes Kevin Mirallas in his place.

Hull need a win and they have started well at The Hawthorns. Mike Phelan's side have forced three corners in the first 10 minutes, while Adama Diomande has flashed a shot wide.

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Cedric Soares has to go off after that awkward tumble into the advertising boards so on comes 22-year-old defender Jack Stephens for his Premier League debut. There's not been any other chances after that early Ross Barkley effort, but how will this forced change impact the visitors?

First shot in anger and the Stadium of Light - and it's come from Sunderland's Jermain Defoe who tests Simon Mignolet from distance.

Liverpool respond quickly as Daniel Sturridge forces a fine save from Vito Mannone before the Black Cats keeper does well to keep oout an effort from Georginio Wijnaldum.

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Fantastic double save by Tom Heaton denies Manchester City, and spares his team-mate Ben Mee's blushes.

Mee gave the ball on the edge of his own area and City charged forward through Kelechi Iheanacho. The striker tried to round Heaton but the keeper plucked the ball away from his feet before then denying Raheem Sterling after City picked up the loose ball.

Good start by the hosts.

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It's all Liverpool and Sunderland are fortunate to escape as Sebastian Larsson clearly pulls Nathaniel Clyne's shirt as the Liverpool player bursts into the penalty area.

Southampton are currently down to 10 men after Cedric Soares suffered a bizarre injury. He slid off the pitch when challenging for the ball and into the advertising boards, hitting them awkwardly. Everton almost make the man advantage count as Ros Barkley shoots, but his effort is straight at Fraser Forster.

Lee Mason didn't make any friends in the red half of Manchester after ruling out Zlatan Ibrahimovic's strike against Middlesbrough at the weekend. He's the man in the middle at the Etihad and has got right into the thick of things... by getting in the way of Manchester City players as they try to build an attack.

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They've been playing two minutes at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland have hardly touched the ball.

Shane Daly: Wonder where Man City would be if Pellegrini was still in charge? Doing a lot better I would predict.  

LFCWay: Another must-win game. Don't care how, need three points. Big game for Daniel Sturridge to show Jurgen Klopp he deserves a run in the team.  

Matt Roberts: If we can't beat Sunderland then we have no right to win a title  

Ready, steady...and we've under way in all four of our 15:00 GMT games.

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Cracking atmosphere at the Stadium of Light as both teams emerge. Sunderland sold 46,000 tickets in advance of Liverpool's visit. They might be struggling near the bottom but their fans still turn out in numbers.

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Manchester City and Burnley players emerged from a temporary tunnel entrance, which is being used for the first time while redevelopments are made inside the Eithad.

Almost time for kick off.

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Today is a special day for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. It's his 50th Premier League game in charge of the Reds. He has 26 wins, 13 draws and 10 defeats in the previous 49.