Barnsley 2-2 Bolton Wanderers

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Craig Noone's 85th-minute volley was his first goal for Bolton

Oli McBurnie scored an injury-time equaliser as Barnsley snatched a late draw with fellow Championship relegation strugglers Bolton.

Gary Gardner fired the Tykes into a half-time lead from 10 yards.

Bolton thought they had won it when Adam Le Fondre levelled with a penalty before Craig Noone volleyed in late on.

But McBurnie headed in a corner to leave third-from-bottom Barnsley two points behind both Bolton and Birmingham City.

Barnsley have a game in hand on Bolton but have now played the same number of games as Birmingham, who face leaders Wolves at Molineux on Sunday.

Going into the last 10 minutes, the Tykes appeared to be climbing out of the drop zone courtesy of Gardner's strike after McBurnie had seen two efforts cleared off the line.

David Wheater had gone closest to an equaliser for Bolton when his second-half header was cleared off the line by Andy Yiadom, before Phil Parkinson's side turned things around with two goals in three minutes.

First Le Fondre slotted in from the spot after George Moncur was adjudged to have fouled Will Buckley, before Noone netted his first goal for the club.

That looked set to lift Bolton five points clear of the relegation zone but McBurnie headed in at the far post to earn Barnsley a point.

Barnsley boss Jose Morais told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"Every point is important and winning games is important and we wanted to be consistent in achieving positive results.

"Now the goal is to win, win, win. This is our desire, our wish and our goal."

Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Parkinson:

"I'm delighted Craig Noone got his goal which should've won us the game. I wish I was here talking about Craig Noone's fantastic goal and what an important one it was for us but to concede off a last-minute set-play has hurt us.

"We really took the game to them and had other chances to score but we weren't able to get the goal.

"We live to fight for another day, we're still in the mix. I felt we lost our way a bit, the spirit had been drained out of us. Today it's back and that's what we've got to maintain until the end of the season."

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