Bent dents McCarthy’s title hopes

Ipswich 2 Sunderland 2

Sunderland looked set to move five points clear at the top of the Championship when Carl Robinson fired the Black Cats into a 2-1 lead six minutes from time, but Bent salvaged a draw a minute from time.

It was tough luck on the Black Cats, who had earlier missed a penalty from Marcus Stewart and fallen behind to Richard Naylor’s 66th-minute strike. But Stephen Elliott hauled them level before the action really burst to life in the dramatic closing stages.