The Black Cats are yet to win in the top flight this season.
Former Sunderland left-back Michael Gray has told Talksport he fears for David Moyes if the Mackems boss cannot get his first Premier League win within the next three games.
Sunderland have endured an all-too-familiar slow start to the new season and sit bottom of the table having avoided defeat in only two of their matches so far.
Already, Moyes, who was sworn in as Sam Allardyce’s successor in July, is finding himself under pressure and has moved to second on Sky Bet‘s list of favourites to be sacked next in England’s top flight, behind West Ham’s Slaven Bilic.
That is sure to add further spice to this month’s fixture between the two sides at the London Stadium which, as far as Gray is concerned, is one the Mackems must win.
“We’ve got Stoke, West Ham and Arsenal are our next three Premier League games. That’s 10 league games gone after that. No win in the first 10 games in the Premier League I think is criminal and I think that’s as far as we’ve got to go,” the 42-year-old told Talksport.
“If we don’t win in next three games… Stoke have found themselves in little dip of form, West Ham are not finding it great at home as well, maybe Arsenal you’re looking at going to be the difficult one in the next thee games.
“Where does that leave David and Sunderland? That’s the big question that’s gonna be all the lips at Sunderland.”
Sunderland-born Gray made close to 400 appearances for his hometown team and was part of a Black Cats’ side that gained promotion to the top flight in 1999.
Thrice capped by England, he later enjoyed permanent spells at Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers before retiring seven years ago at Sheffield Wednesday.
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