After being booed off after its New Year's Day draw with Brentford, the same jeers were heard at full-time here as Spurs failed to capitalise on Ben Davies's opener.

Spurs' intent from the start was apparent as Mathys Tel stung the palms of Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs before the Frenchman fired narrowly wide of the target soon after.

Their dominance was rewarded in the 30th minute when Davies diverted Micky van de Ven's effort home after Cristian Romero was left unmarked at the back post.

But Sunderland responded well to going behind as Trai Hume's fierce drive from distance had Guglielmo Vicario worried, and their improvement continued into the second half.

Davies was on hand to clear Hume's header off the line seven minutes after the restart, before Brobbey crashed a shot into the side-netting after a mistake by Romero.

Sunderland came close to levelling when Enzo Le Fee's header struck the base of the post, but the midfielder played a crucial role in the leveller less than a minute later.

Le Fee played a sublime one-two with Brobbey, with the latter taking a touch before rifling a fierce left-footed effort into the roof of the net as Sunderland searched for a winner.

It almost came through Hume, who again forced Vicario to tip his attempt over the crossbar before Joao Palhinha glanced a header wide late in second-half stoppage-time.