ShareFrank Lampard secured his third win of the 2026-27 Premier League campaign as his Coventry City side overcame Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday.Coventry City lifted themselves out of the Premier League's bottom three after brushing aside Sunderland 3-1 at the Coventry Building Society Arena, where the visitors were reduced to 10 men late on.Goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Taiwo Awoniyi and Jack Rudoni secured a third Premier League win for the Sky Blues on Saturday, while also heaping further pressure on Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris, whose side remain bottom of the table.Sunderland had a couple of chances to take the lead with Chris Rigg firing into the hands of Carl Rushworth before Trai Hume blazed over the bar after poor defending from Coventry.However, it was the Sky Blues who went ahead in the 17th minute after Sakamoto curled a low finish into the bottom-left corner. That all came after Trai Hume failed to clear Milan van Ewijk’s exquisite right-wing delivery.The visitors had a golden opportunity to equalise minutes later, but Brian Brobbey dragged a finish past the left-hand post before Victor Torp’s 25-yard free-kick was tipped past the post by Robin Roefs.But there was nothing Roefs could do about Coventry's second in the 37th minute. Awoniyi brilliantly won possession from Luke O'Nien in a dangerous area before racing into the box and finding the bottom-left corner, via a slight deflection from Omar Alderete.Alderete was again involved in Coventry’s third as the defender diverted Rudoni’s stinging strike past the helpless Roefs.Sunderland looked to pull one back with Alderete arrowing an acrobatic attempt past the left-hand post before Chemsdine Talbi agonisingly dragged an effort wide.Enzo Le Fee managed to reduce the deficit from the penalty spot after a VAR check found Ethan Pinnock had handled O'Nien's close-range attempt.But Sunderland's attempts at a comeback fell flat, and the loss of Alderete late in stoppage time, as he received a second yellow card for bringing down Rudoni, capped off a frustrating day for the Black Cats.Coventry back on courseComing into this game, Frank Lampard stressed that it was "too early" in the season to think about league positions. However, he will be brimming with confidence after a fine all-round performance from his team.Coventry showed their clinical edge in front of goal, registering an expected goals (xG) of 0.71 from 12 shots.The Sky Blues have also scored 3+ goals in two of their last four Premier League games (also a 4-1 win over Newcastle United on MD6), as many times as they did so across their previous 51 games in the competition.The home side were not scared to try their luck from distance, as they have now scored two goals from outside the box in a Premier League game for the first time since Boxing Day 1999, when both Gary McAllister and Mustapha Hadji netted from range against Arsenal.Meanwhile, for Le Bris, the pressure continues to ramp up. The Black Cats have now failed to win in their last seven Premier League games, with their last longer winless streak coming between February 2017 to April 2017, a run of 10 games.Frank Lampard secured his third win of the 2026-27 Premier League campaign as his Coventry City side overcame Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday.Coventry City lifted themselves out of the Premier League's bottom three after brushing aside Sunderland 3-1 at the Coventry Building Society Arena, where the visitors were reduced to 10 men late on.Goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Taiwo Awoniyi and Jack Rudoni secured a third Premier League win for the Sky Blues on Saturday, while also heaping further pressure on Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris, whose side remain bottom of the table.Sunderland had a couple of chances to take the lead with Chris Rigg firing into the hands of Carl Rushworth before Trai Hume blazed over the bar after poor defending from Coventry.However, it was the Sky Blues who went ahead in the 17th minute after Sakamoto curled a low finish into the bottom-left corner. That all came after Trai Hume failed to clear Milan van Ewijk’s exquisite right-wing delivery.The visitors had a golden opportunity to equalise minutes later, but Brian Brobbey dragged a finish past the left-hand post before Victor Torp’s 25-yard free-kick was tipped past the post by Robin Roefs.But there was nothing Roefs could do about Coventry's second in the 37th minute. Awoniyi brilliantly won possession from Luke O'Nien in a dangerous area before racing into the box and finding the bottom-left corner, via a slight deflection from Omar Alderete.Alderete was again involved in Coventry’s third as the defender diverted Rudoni’s stinging strike past the helpless Roefs.Sunderland looked to pull one back with Alderete arrowing an acrobatic attempt past the left-hand post before Chemsdine Talbi agonisingly dragged an effort wide.Enzo Le Fee managed to reduce the deficit from the penalty spot after a VAR check found Ethan Pinnock had handled O'Nien's close-range attempt.But Sunderland's attempts at a comeback fell flat, and the loss of Alderete late in stoppage time, as he received a second yellow card for bringing down Rudoni, capped off a frustrating day for the Black Cats.Coventry back on courseComing into this game, Frank Lampard stressed that it was "too early" in the season to think about league positions. However, he will be brimming with confidence after a fine all-round performance from his team.Coventry showed their clinical edge in front of goal, registering an expected goals (xG) of 0.71 from 12 shots.The Sky Blues have also scored 3+ goals in two of their last four Premier League games (also a 4-1 win over Newcastle United on MD6), as many times as they did so across their previous 51 games in the competition.The home side were not scared to try their luck from distance, as they have now scored two goals from outside the box in a Premier League game for the first time since Boxing Day 1999, when both Gary McAllister and Mustapha Hadji netted from range against Arsenal.Meanwhile, for Le Bris, the pressure continues to ramp up. The Black Cats have now failed to win in their last seven Premier League games, with their last longer winless streak coming between February 2017 to April 2017, a run of 10 games.