Sunderland won an important first point of the season with a 1-1 draw at Southampton on Saturday but could only lament their inability to seal victory after going ahead at St Mary's by failing -- for the third rime in four seasons at the same ground -- to hold on to the lead.
Jermain Defoe won and converted an 80th minute penalty to score his second goal of the season. But Sunderland were immediately forced on to the back foot, Jay Rodriguez equalising five minutes later with a long-range shot Sunderland's goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, replacing the injured Vito Mannone, perhaps should have saved,
The 1-1 draw meant David Moyes could not end Sunderland's unenviable run of not winning a Premier League game in August, but -- crucially for morale -- he managed to avoid entering the international break without seeing his team take a single point.