Jones late show saves Stoke

TEN-MAN Norwich were denied a first Barclays Premier League win when Kenwyne Jones headed in a stoppage-time equaliser for Stoke at Carrow Road.

Ritchie de Laet had scored against his old club to put the Canaries in front at the break.

After Jon Walters saw his penalty saved following Leon Barnett’s red card on the hour, it looked as if Norwich would hold on – only for Stoke’s pressure eventually to tell with Jones nodding in from close range.

Jonathan Woodgate was booked after 36 minutes for upending Elliott Bennett near the touchline.

From the resulting free-kick Norwich took the lead when former Stoke defender De Laet glanced Bradley Johnson’s delivery into the far corner.

Jones blasted over from close range, but the visitors’ pressure finally told in the third minute of added time when the striker headed in Glenn Whelan’s cross.