Premier League round-up:Demba Ba's own goal denied 10-man Newcastlederby victory at Sunderlandafter a dramatic 1-1 draw on Wearside. The Senegal striker could only look on in horror as John O'Shea's 85th-minute header hit him and sailed past helpless goalkeeper Tim Krul.
It was little more than the Black Cats deserved after belatedly making the most of Cheick Tiote’s 25th-minute dismissal for a studs-up challenge on Steven Fletcher.
Yohan Cabaye had got the Magpies off to the perfect start with just three minutes gone and as Sunderland initially laboured in the search for an equaliser, the visitors held on to their lead relatively comfortably until a final onslaught.
Sunderland, despite seeing plenty of the ball, were rarely able to trouble Krul as Adam Johnson, James McClean and Stephane Sessegnon struggled to provide any meaningful service for frontman Steven Fletcher.
But although they emerged with a point, the Black Cats have won only one home league derby since 1980, and have now tasted victory home or away against their neighbours on just one occasion in the last 16.
Newcastle left perhaps feeling they should have been doing so with all the points after staging a brave rearguard action in which returning skipper Fabricio Coloccini was superb, but satisfied to have come away with something to show for their efforts after Tiote’s premature departure.
QPRare still searching for their first win of the season after being held 1-1 at home by 10-man Everton.
Junior Hoilett scored his first league goal for Rangers in only the second minute of the game before an unfortunate own goal from R’s goalkeeper Julio Cesar brought Everton level before half-time.
The visitors had Steven Pienaar sent off on 61 minutes after collecting two yellow cards but QPR could not find a winner despite plenty of late pressure.
The build-up to the match was dominated with speculation as to which players would boycott wearing t-shirts in the warm-up supporting the anti-racism ‘Kick it Out’ campaign.
Anton Ferdinand and team-mates Shaun Wright-Phillips and Hoilett opted not to wear the shirt, following the stance taken by Ferdinand’s brother Rio prior to Manchester United’s game against Stoke yesterday and by Reading striker Jason Roberts.
