UNSUNG HEROES

Share Amr Zaki continued his remarkable Premier League scoring record by blasting his fourth goal of the season to rescue Wigan a point and share Titus Bramble's blushes in a 1-1 draw at the JJB Stadium.

Bramble's calamitous 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 - the Latics had notched 11 goals in their last two games alone.

Player of the Match : Amr Zaki (Wigan)