Hull score last-gasp leveller to deny Swansea

Zan Vipotnik (left) scored his fourth goal in as many games, while John Egan (right) netted his first for Hull

John Egan drilled home in the seventh minute of added time to give Hull City a dramatic 2-2 draw at Swansea City.

Swansea had been on course for victory after goals from Zan Vipotnik and Ronald came either side of Oli McBurnie's strike against his old club.

But Hull pushed hard for an equaliser in the closing stages and were rewarded when Egan lashed in on the rebound after Regan Slater's shot was blocked.

That meant Hull avoided a third successive Championship defeat, while Swansea were left frustrated despite extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to six matches.

Swansea stay seventh in the early-season league table, while Hull drop to 20th despite registering a draw which felt almost as sweet as victory.

Vipotnik's fifth goal in six matches for club and country had come after he exchanged passes with Malick Yalcouye, before a neat touch bought him a yard of space in the penalty area.

That was all the Slovenia international needed as he fired the ball low into the bottom corner of Ivor Pandur's net.

Swansea had been marginally the more threatening side in a first half which came to life late on, with Hull equalising before the break when McBurnie won the battle to meet Ryan Giles' perfect cross to slide the ball home at the near post.

McBurnie was denied a second early in the second half when his header was expertly saved by Lawrence Vigouroux, with Hull suddenly causing Swansea defensive problems.

Yet it was the hosts who retook the lead after a driving run from Yalcouye allowed Zeidane Inoussa to cross from the left.

With the Hull defence flatfooted, Ronald raced in behind to touch home his fourth of the season from point-blank range.

Hull refused to lie down, however, with Vigouroux's sharp save denying Mohamed Belloumi and Egan seeing one effort blocked before the centre-back's smart finish secured the point Sergej Jakirovic's team deserved.

Oli McBurnie opted not to celebrate against his former club, who were interested in re-signing him in the summer before he moved to Hull

Analysis: Swans frustrated - but Hull worthy of a point

Despite this week's departure of director of football Richard Montague, Swansea came into this game on a high thanks to what many feel is the club's best transfer window in recent memory.

Hull are another club whose summer work has been viewed as successful, particularly given the transfer restrictions imposed on the club by the EFL.

McBurnie moved to Humberside in the summer despite interest from a host of clubs, including Swansea.

He produced a typically hard-working centre-forward's performance and was rewarded with a third goal for his new club – though he declined to celebrate on their ground where he is fondly remembered.

On-loan Brighton midfielder Yalcouye and the continually impressive Ethan Galbraith were the most prominent of Swansea's summer recruits, yet it is the goals of Vipotnik and Ronald which are making the difference for Alan Sheehan right now.

Both players have four club goals already this season, having managed only 10 between throughout 2024-25.

Head coach Sheehan was unhappy that the duo's latest contributions did not lead to another Swansea victory, though he could not dispute the suggestion that Hull deserved their equaliser.

Ronald's fourth goal of the season had looked like giving Swansea a third win in their past four league games until John Egan scored his first league goal since January 2023

What they said

Swansea head coach Alan Sheehan:

"It's very disappointing, the manner of the equaliser. Seven [added] minutes was a long time to add on but ultimately we only played in patches today.

"I will not hide from that. First half was very comfortable. We were comfortable without doing a whole lot.

"But we conceded more chances today than we have in the last four games – that's not like us.

"Defensively, the longer the game went on we dropped, dropped, dropped. We tried to see out the game but we didn't do that. We take the point and there is loads to improve on."

Hull head coach Sergej Jakirovic:

"In my opinion we didn't deserve to lose. Especially second had a lot of chances, the goalkeeper made unbelievable saves.

"It was very bad for us to concede the second goal on the counter-attack when we could have taken a 2-1 lead.

"But we put pressure on the Swansea defence and in the end we got the reward. Our substitutions did a very good job. They took a lot of second balls and put pressure on Swansea."