Ten-man Sheff Utd earned a late point at promotion rivals Swansea courtesy of captain Chris Morgan.
Henderson off in clash of promotion rivals
Ten-man Sheffield United earned a late point at Championship promotion rivals Swansea courtesy of captain Chris Morgan.
The Swans looked to be cruising to a fifth home win after taking advantage of Darius Henderson's early second-half dismissal, with Jason Scotland's penalty separating the sides.
But Morgan struck at the death to earn a scarcely-deserved point and leave Swansea ruing several earlier missed opportunities.
The Swans have now drawn in each of their past five league outings and failed to hold on despite dominating for periods today.
Midfielder Leon Britton was deemed fit enough to start despite coming off towards the end of the midweek draw with Barnsley.
Gorka Pintado took up his place on the bench despite the club confirming the striker requires surgery on a hernia problem.
Nick Montgomery made way for Matthew Spring for the Blades, who ended a stretch of three winless games with a midweek victory at Nottingham Forest.
Swansea have scored 21 times at the Liberty Stadium this season and they set about adding to that tally in the eighth minute. Paddy Kenny was called into action by Joe Allen's right-foot drive which was neatly tipped over.
Burst
Jordi Gomez was next to try his luck in the tight opening stages but his long-range effort flew wide of the mark.
United had to wait until midway through the half for their first meaningful effort, 10-goal striker James Beattie flashing a shot from the edge of the area over the crossbar after bursting clear of the Swans defence.
Thomas Butler then went close at the other end with a curling effort from just outside the area but watched it sail narrowly over as a tense first half began to open up.
Jason Scotland, midweek hero with a last-gasp equaliser against Barnsley, again tested Kenny five minutes before the break but the United stopper was able to parry to safety.
United were reduced to 10 men just moments after the restart. Henderson lunged in with a dangerous looking challenge on Angel Rangel and instantly received his marching orders by referee Andre Marriner, who was well placed.
And the Blades were almost made to pay immediately when Butler's drilled effort was parried by Kenny and followed up by Scotland, but the veteran keeper again miraculously blocked.
But parity was short-lived as Swansea took the lead in the 56th minute. Marriner was again at the centre of proceedings, awarding a penalty for Gary Naysmith's hearty challenge on Darren Pratley.
Scotland duly stepped up to convert his eighth league goal of the campaign and leave United facing a daunting final half hour.
Butler almost doubled the advantage two minutes later but was again thwarted by Kenny, and Jordi Gomez will have been disappointed to blaze over shortly afterwards.
The closing stages appeared to be turning into a damage-limitation exercise for United who struggled to create any significant chances themselves.
But with three minutes left, Morgan latched onto Matt Kilgallon's header to poke home from close range.
