Burnley's away-day struggles continue

First-half goals from Danny Murphy and David Elm ensured Brian Laws's side continue to suffer from travel sickness as the visitors found themselves outplayed from the start.

Bobby Zamora ended any hopes Burnley had of producing a comeback by notching his side's third goal from a free-kick nine minutes after the interval.

There was late drama at Fratton Park as 10-man Portsmouth equalised deep into stoppage time to secure a 1-1 draw against nine-man Sunderland.

A controversial early penalty from Darren Bent had looked to have secured all three points for the Wearsiders. Ricardo Rocha was adjudged to have brought Bent down down, with the Pompey defender eventually sent off after Hassan Yebda was initially mistakenly dismissed.

The numbers were evened up nine minutes into the second half when Black Cats midfielder Lee Cattermole was sent off for a second bookable offence and the visitors were further depleted three minutes from time when David Meyler saw red just moments after coming on for clattering into Steve Finnan.

Aruna Dindane then headed home Jamie O'Hara's cross to provide something to cheer for Pompey fans, with the club facing a winding-up petition in the High Court today.

Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie was unable to find a solution in his attempts to halt the winding-up petition as talks with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs continued late last night.

Manchester City moved level on points with fourth-placed Liverpool courtesy of a 2-0 home win over Bolton.

Carlos Tevez drove home the opening goal from the spot and Emmanuel Adebayor sealed matters with a brilliant second-half volley.

Wigan and Stoke battled out a 1-1 draw at the DW Stadium.