Wigan Athletic 1: Sunderland 1

Amr Zaki continued his remarkable Barclays Premier League scoring record by blasting his fourth goal of the season to rescue Wigan Athletic a point and spare Titus Bramble's blushes at the JJB Stadium.

Bramble's 13th-minute own goal looked set to gift the three points to Roy Keane's Sunderland, before the 25-year-old Egyptian struck with a low shot past Craig Gordon 12 minutes from time.

It was a rich reward not only for the impressive Zaki but for Steve Bruce's men, reduced to 10 in the 85th minute by Lee Cattermole's sending-off, who had applied almost constant pressure.

Kevin Kilbane, Emile Heskey, Maynor Figueroa, Olivier Kapo and Zaki himself all had chances but were denied by a mixture of misfortune in front of goal and fine last-ditch defending by the Black Cats.

It was quite some performance from Keane's new boys George McCartney and Anton Ferdinand to suppress the hottest goalscorers in the country - who had notched 11 goals in their last two matches alone.

Despite a patchy start to the season, Keane will take heart from a hard-earned point - which could have been more if Djibril Cisse had converted two clear chances in front of goal.

Sunderland had started well, camping inside the Wigan box from the kick-off and gaining an early reward after Kieran Richardson's bright run down the left had ended in Chris Kirkland turning his low shot past the post.