Sunderland snatch draw against Middlesbrough at end of wild derby

An afternoon featuring two brilliant goals from Patrick Bamford, two straight red cards and a flock of seagulls persistently swooping low across the pitch concluded with Callum McManaman volleying a dramatic last-gasp equaliser for Sunderland.

A game disrupted by the first-half dismissals of Chris Coleman’s centre-half Jake Clarke-Salter and Tony Pulis’s winger Adama Traoré seemed to have been decided by Bamford’s class in Boro’s frontline until the substitute dented their play-off hopes by earning Sunderland a potentially vital point in their fight for survival.

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