Leeds were denied a first Premier League win at American Express Stadium as Brighton came from behind to earn a share of the spoils according to BBC.
Daniel Farke’s side appeared on course for their first victory at the Seagulls in more than 17 years when Jayden Bogle opened the scoring after 15 minutes.
But after missing a host of opportunities to put the game beyond the home side, Leeds were punished with 18 minutes remaining when Luka Vuskovic headed home his first goal for Albion since his club-record move from Tottenham this summer.
The result keeps the teams neck and neck in the table, with Leeds eighth and Brighton ninth after three matches of the new campaign.
Leeds made the breakthrough early on when Bogle finished into an empty net after a pass across the face of goal from Ao Tanaka.
The defender’s first Premier League goal of the season came after Bart Verbruggen had parried the ball into the path of Tanaka when failing to keep hold of Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s header from inside the area.
It was the third time already this season that Brighton had conceded in the opening 15 minutes of a match, having shipped two goals during the same time period in last week’s 4-3 defeat by Chelsea.
It could have gone from bad to worse for the hosts only a couple of minutes later had Vuskovic not cleared Calvert-Lewin’s effort off the line and Tanaka’s volley not skimmed the top of the crossbar.
Brighton did respond shortly afterwards by registering their first attempts of the game through Pascal Gross and Diego Gomez, with the latter testing James Trafford for the first time.
It took less than three minutes for Verbruggen to be called into action at the start of the second half as he produced a terrific save with his feet to keep out a low effort from Anton Stach.
Leeds thought they had finally doubled their lead when Tanaka applied a classy, first-time finish to Stach’s set-piece delivery, but the Japan midfielder’s effort was ruled out for offside.
That near miss sparked Brighton into life and the hosts forced Trafford into three saves in the space of six minutes during a dominant spell midway through the second half.
The spell of dominance paid dividends in the closing stages as new signing Vuskovic connected with Maxim de Cuyper’s corner to head past Trafford at the back post.
Brighton missed the chance to snatch victory when Gross fired over from inside in the area in the final minute of normal time.
Brighton analysis: A game of two halves
How Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler views his side’s performance will largely depend on which half he is analysing.
After thrashing Aston Villa 4-0 at the Amex on the opening weekend of the season, the Seagulls were expected to make a lightning-quick start on home soil once again.
But that was not the case. In fact, it was a similarly sluggish start to the one Brighton made at Chelsea six days ago, as they found themselves a goal down within the first 15 minutes of the match.
The fact that Hurzeler’s side have not won a Premier League fixture when falling behind for almost 10 months highlighted the size of the task facing his side, who were sloppy both in and out of possession.
But once the home side struck an equaliser, there only seemed likely to be one winner.
And by the time Gross fired over from only a couple of yards out in the final seconds of normal time, there was a feeling of frustration at the Amex that Brighton had missed the opportunity to end their unwanted Premier League streak.
Leeds analysis: Visitors fail to make most of opportunity
Leeds are likely to feel equally as frustrated as their opponents that they will make the long trip back to Yorkshire with only a share of the spoils.
For large parts of the afternoon it seemed only a case of how many goals Farke’s side would put past Brighton as they raced into an early lead on the south coast.
The fact that Leeds have now scored only once in their last eight games at the Amex will have weighed heavily on the shoulders of their players as they missed several opportunities, with Stach coming the closest, to extending their lead further.
But as a clear sense of fatigue seeped into the legs of the Leeds players in the latter stages of the match, the Whites can be thankful that Brighton, who registered four of their five shots on target in the second half, didn’t punish their weariness.
It should not take away from the fact it remains a strong point on board for Farke and Leeds, who have now only lost three of their last 16 Premier League games and are hoping this season will be spent higher up the table than last campaign.
Five points from the opening three games of the season suggest that Leeds are on course to do that.