West Ham and Brighton & Hove Albion played out a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium in a result that suited neither side.
While West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui will be delighted his team fought back to earn a point thanks to Mohammed Kudus's well-taken goal just before the hour mark.
It means the Hammers have now gone unbeaten in three successive league games for the first time this season. He may also feel this was an opportunity missed to claim all three points against a lacklustre Brighton and move further up the table.
The visitors, meanwhile, worked hard to get themselves in front as Mats Wieffer fired into a gaping goal after Lukasz Fabianski dropped a cross at his feet under pressure from Lewis Dunk, with the goal eventually given after a Video Assistant Referee review for offside.
But they could only hold the lead for seven minutes and have now gone five Premier League matches without a win, with only Southampton currently on a longer such run, to slip from second down to ninth in the table.
Fabian Hurzeler did watch his side go desperately close for a winner as the visitors woke up late on, only for Kaoru Mitoma's effort to hit the post when the forward seemed certain to score, although they were perhaps fortunate not to see Pervis Estupinan sent off for a strong tackle on Max Kilman.
The point does see Lopetegui's team stay in 14th place in what has been a testing few days for the Hammers boss after the recent death of his father.