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Jones grabs brace as Sunderland strike back

Kenwyne Jones claimed a match-winning double as luckless Blackburn left Sunderland empty-handed following the 2-1 result at the Stadium of Light.

Jones struck after 32 minutes to cancel out Gael Givet's opener, and then added a second nine minutes after the break to claim a first home victory of the season for his side.

However, Rovers left Wearside fuming after having two goals disallowed and seeing £6million signing Nikola Kalinic pass up four glorious opportunities, the last of them in the dying seconds.