Mitrovic rescues ponit for Newcastle against Sunderland

Aleksander Mitrovic ended Newcastle's miserable derby run against Sunderland with a late equalizer which left both clubs in the Premier League relegation in trouble.

The Siberian struck in the 83rd minute of the match with a header to cancel out Jermain Defoe's first opener and deny the Black Cats their seventh successive win in the fixture in front of a raucous crowd at St James Park.

In the process, he handed new manager Rafael Benitez his first point since he replaced Steve McClaren, but a 1-1 draw was less than either side needed and both remained inside the relegation zone.

For the second game in the row, Sam Allardyce was left to bemoan the loss of two precious points in an away fixture with his side having had of much of the contest.

The two sides ran out knowledge defeat was simply not an option of Saturday's victory of Norwich and Swansea