Swansea came from behind to hold Derby to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining match at Pride Park.
Pintado nets late leveller at Pride Park
Swansea came from behind to hold Derby to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining match at Pride Park.
Chris Porter netted his first goal for the Rams to break the deadlock in the 14th minute and then made it 2-0 early in the second half.
Angel Rangel reduced Swansea's arrears on 55 minutes but it looked as though Derby would cling on for three points until substitute Gorka Pintado popped up three minutes from time.
Porter rewarded his manager's faith in him by turning home the rebound from inside the six-yard box after Dorus De Vries failed to hold Robbie Savage's free-kick from the edge of the area.
Swansea had chances either side of Porter's opening goal. Stephen Bywater got down smartly to hold a 20-yard shot from Jordi Gomez that zipped off the greasy surface.
The midfielder, on loan from Espanyol, then curled a free-kick narrowly wide from a similar position.
Derby felt they should have been awarded a penalty when Rob Hulse appeared to be tripped by De Vries after 20 minutes but referee Phil Crossley waved away the appeals.
Frustrated
The Kent official then frustrated the Rams, and Hulse, again a minute later when he ruled out a predatory goal from the striker for offside.
Derby came close again eight minutes before the break through Savage with a carbon copy of Gomez's earlier free-kick.
The Rams did double their lead early in the second half when a long punt forward from captain Paul Connolly was inadvertently flicked into Porter's path by Swans defender Ashley Williams.
The former Motherwell man made no mistake, advancing goalwards before curling the ball over the advancing De Vries and into the far corner.
Hulse should have put the game beyond Swansea in the 53rd minute but he powered his header wide when Steve Davies' cross found him unmarked 10 yards out.
Swansea halved their deficit when Gomez's free-kick in the right corner was turned home by Rangel from eight yards out.
Hulse struck a post with a shot from the edge of the area before Davies hit the opposite post with an angled shot.
Then, top scorer Jason Scotland got to the byline and cut the ball back for Pintado who powered a shot in off the under side of the crossbar from near the penalty spot.
De Vries produced a fine save to tip Paul Green's shot from the edge of the area over the crossbar in the final minute.
