Jones ends Black Cats bad luck

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The striker claimed his third goal in as many games after Greg Halford had been sent off for a second bookable offence to cancel out Simon Davies' opener.

And the Black Cats would have snatched all three points had Antti Niemi not pulled off a fine injury-time save from substitute Anthony Stokes.

Clint Dempsey forced a solid save from Craig Gordon with a fourth-minute header and then put another effort wide on 29 minutes. David Healy somehow failed to give Fulham the lead on nine minutes when he ran on to Danny Higginbotham's suicidal pass across goal 20 yards out but steered his left-foot shot wide of the empty net.

The deadlock was broken on 32 minutes when Davies drilled a free-kick past Gordon after a Dickson Etuhu foul on Diomansy Kamara.

Sunderland improved after the break. Jones forced an important block from Danny Murphy after cutting inside from the left, and then curled another effort wide before a diving Aaron Hughes managed to block a Grant Leadbitter shot.

Fulham would have gone further ahead on the hour had Dempsey managed to keep his shot down after Davies' free-kick had been diverted back across the penalty area.

Keane replaced Etuhu and Chopra with Stokes and Daryl Murphy but the Black Cats were reduced to 10 men when Halford was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Diomansy Kamara saw a goal ruled out for a foul on Nyron Nosworthy and Niemi denied Leadbitter but the equaliser arrived with four minutes remaining when Jones climbed to power home a header from Leadbitter's cross.

The Black Cats might have completed a comeback in injury time but Niemi denied Stokes.