Coventry City 2-2 Rotherham United: Gyokeres penalty rescues point for Sky Blues
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Rotherham celebrate after Cohen Bramall's goal put them ahead at Coventry
Viktor Gyokeres' late penalty was not enough to haul Coventry out of the bottom three as they were held by Rotherham.
Left-back Cohen Bramall netted his first Millers goal to put the visitors ahead just before half-time.
Coventry, who controlled much of the game, levelled through Gustavo Hamer - only for Conor Washington to restore Rotherham's lead.
But Gyokeres netted a 90th-minute spot-kick to earn the Sky Blues a point.
The draw keeps Coventry in 22nd place - on goals scored - but with two games in hand on he teams immediately above them, while Rotherham climb a place to 11th.
The visitors, who made five changes to their starting line-up, began brightly with a couple of half-chances for Georgie Kelly, but soon found themselves on the back foot.
Despite the departure of striker Martyn Waghorn, who limped off after just seven minutes, the Sky Blues dominated possession as Viktor Johansson denied Callum Doyle and Jamie Allen.
Lee Peltier's last-ditch challenge then foiled Gyokeres after the striker had beaten Johansson to a through ball, while Kyle McFadzean almost put his side in front, nodding Michael Rose's header across the box fractionally wide.
But it was Rotherham who broke the deadlock two minutes before half-time as Daniel Barlaser's well-timed pass released Bramall on the counter-attack and the full-back burst through to drill his finish beyond the helpless Ben Wilson.
Although Ben Wiles went close to extending the Millers' lead soon after the restart, Coventry continued to apply pressure and Allen and Hamer both came close to bringing them level.
However, they were unable to unlock the stubborn Rotherham defence until the 76th minute, when Kasey Palmer fed the impressive Hamer, whose low shot struck the base of the post on its way in.
Coventry were soon back to square one as Washington darted between two defenders and, although Wilson parried his initial attempt, the Northern Ireland international pounced on the rebound to make it 2-1.
But the hosts gained a late share of the points when Callum O'Hare was bundled over in the box and Gyokeres stepped up to slot away his fifth goal of the campaign.
Coventry manager Mark Robins told BBC CWR:
"We didn't start off brightly enough but that's a consequence of injuries and lots of games in a short period of time.
"We scored a brilliantly worked goal and from there I thought there was only one winner but we got ourselves in a bit of a mess.
"We were scratching our heads thinking how's that happened but in the end we're relieved not to have tasted defeat and it keeps the points ticking."
Rotherham manager Matt Taylor told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"I thought we deserved more and it's a difficult one to take.
"It wasn't a penalty. Richard Wood hasn't changed his stride pattern, he's carried on running straight and their lad's legs have got tangled.
"The centre forward has bought that penalty. He's conned the referee."