SUNDERLAND, Nov. 4 -- Sunderland climbed into the Premier League's top four after Granit Xhaka's deflected strike salvaged a 1-1 draw at home to Everton yesterday.

The Black Cats would have moved up to second with victory, but were outplayed in the first half and trailed to Iliman Ndiaye's brilliant individual effort.

Everton were left to regret not making more of their first-half dominance as Thierno Barry missed a glorious chance and Jack Grealish hit the post.

Sunderland took less than a minute of the second period to hit back when Xhaka's strike flicked off James Tarkowski to beat England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on his return to the Stadium of Light.

The home side then looked the more likely to claim all three points, but Wilso...