Sheffield Wednesday boss Gary Megson struggled to hide his disappointment after Kevin Phillips' stoppage-time penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Blackpool.
Both sides made eight changes for the FA Cup fourth-round clash, but Wednesday looked to have edged a competitive encounter when Clinton Morrison opened the scoring with a delicate finish in the 52nd minute.
However Phillips held his nerve at the death after Danny Batth was adjudged to have brought down Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
"I'm really disappointed, not surprised but disappointed," said Megson. "I thought that was the only way they were going to score, unless it was something special from distance," he said.
"If it was (a penalty) it looked really soft, I didn't think it was. You saw from both line-ups what the competition is, we both want to go through but obviously there is an importance attached to the league fixtures, but the game was played in a proper competitive spirit.
"It was a little bit nip and tuck, we wanted to try and get the result away from home but once we did score we wanted to keep hold of what we've got."
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Once again The Owls have squandered a result very late in the game, or in extra time. It happens far too often. Once you get in front then batten down the hatches.
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