Swansea 2 Aston Villa 2 - match report
Aston Villa were denied all three points by an injury-time strike from Danny Graham after goals from Andreas Weimann and Christian Benteke looked to have secured victory over Swansea.
Villa old boy Wayne Routledge had given Swansea an early lead at the Liberty Stadium but the home side missed a hatful of chances before Austria international Weimann equalised.
Christian Benteke converted a penalty with just six minutes left on the clock but Graham slammed home from close range to secure a share of the points.
Villa boss Paul Lambert made four changes from the side which lost 3-0 to Wigan as he reverted from three centre-backs to a 4-4-2 formation.
Enda Stevens, Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood and Marc Albrighton were all recalled with Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan and Brett Holman dropped to the bench.
Swansea had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the fourth minute when Routledge was sent clear with just goalkeeper Brad Guzan to beat, but the American advanced of his line and saved well to his left.
Villa failed to learn their lesson, however, and were punished in a near identical manner in the ninth minute when Routledge was put through by Pablo Hernandez.
This time the Swansea winger elected to take the ball past Guzan and slotted into the empty net with his right foot from a narrow angle.
Michael Laudrup's side should have doubled their lead a minute later when Spanish striker Michu struck the post from just inside the penalty area while Danny Graham blazed wide from a good position shortly afterwards.
A breathtaking passing move from Swansea unlocked the Villa defence in the 26th minute and culminated in a shot by Michu, who fooled the visitors' backline with a clever flick, which struck the post via Guzan's fingertip.
Swansea were made to pay for their profligacy just before half-time, though, when Villa got themselves back on level terms through Weimann.
Belgium striker Benteke controlled a long ball and played in Weimann who blasted a low shot past Michel Vorm and into the bottom-left corner of the net from the edge of the box.
Villa began the second half with more purpose and Ashley Westwood delivered a low cross into the penalty area but there were no claret and blue shirts within striking distance.
Lambert's side were given a lucky escape in the 59th minute when Joe Bennett was judged to have handled right on the edge of the penalty area, rather than inside it as the Swansea players protested.
And Guzan was forced to make a smart save from Graham from the resulting free-kick as the ball pinged around the Villa six-yard box,
Villa's endeavour at the other end almost paid off in the 71st minute when Benteke saw his shot blocked and Weimann fired wide from a tight angle.
The claret and blues were dealt a blow with 10 minutes left on the clock as Westwood limped out after he was on the end of a nasty tackle from Michu and was replaced by Barry Bannan.
Villa were then awarded a penalty with six minutes left on the clock after Weimann was brought down by a clumsy challenge from Nathan Dyer inside the box after Benteke's header had been cleared off the line.
Benteke stepped up and blasted the spot-kick past Vorm and into the bottom-left corner of the net.
However, Swansea laid siege to the Villa goal in the final few minutes and bagged an equaliser when Graham smashed home from close range.
By Timothy Abraham