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Daniel Johnson rescued a point for Preston against Swansea as the sides shared a 1-1 draw thanks to two goals in five second-half minutes.

Johnson's penalty came after Connor Roberts handled, with Johnson coolly beating Erwin Mulder on the hour mark.

That came just five minutes after Courtney Baker-Richardson finished a superb team move to give the Swans a slender advantage they merited.

Josh Earl was sent off for the hosts late on for a second bookable offence.

Preston had the best chance to find a winner before Earl's dismissal, but Mulder made a double save to deny them.

Parity was just about the right outcome from a first half of few chances, with Baker-Richardson dragging wide early on before Leroy Fer headed straight at Declan Rudd from a Matt Grimes free-kick.

Tom Clarke also missed a headed chance for the hosts, nodding straight at Mulder after Ben Pearson's centre.

Mulder was almost caught out by Brad Potts' long-range effort, but managed to smother at the second attempt before Rudd made an impressive stop to deny Bersant Celina's deflected shot.

Celina was exerting more influence and was involved as the Swans took the lead through a fine team move that culminated in Baker-Richardson finishing, but the lead lasted fewer than five minutes.

Mulder then kept the Swans level with a super double block from Sean Maguire's shot and Alan Browne's follow-up.

The hosts looked likely to find a winner, but Earl's dismissal halted their late momentum, with Maguire and Celina both shooting off target in stoppage time.

Both sides slip a place in the table, with Swansea down to 13th and Preston to 18th.

Preston manager Alex Neil:

"Overall I think a point was a fair result. It was a bit of a stuffy game.

"I thought the sending-off was extremely harsh. I don't think either were clear bookings, the second one especially so. We didn't even think it was a foul, so we are disappointed with the decision.

"We are still looking for players, we want to try and finish the window with as strong a squad as possible and so never say never."

Swansea manager Graham Potter:

"We scored a really good goal and started the second half really well and had control of the game, but when you concede it changes the game and they had a spell where it became scrappy and then it favoured them.

"You need to survive key moments and be a bit more clinical. We gave the ball away too easily and did not do enough to score more than one.

"We are some way off being a top-six side still and we need to keep improving."