In the build-up to this fixture, Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani admitted his first choice for managerial position this summer was Antonio Conte.
What's more, he said Conte's management alone would have assured Leeds of promotion.
The wisdom of telling the celebrated Marcelo Bielsa that he is the back-up choice is questionable in itself but as the coach continues to turn water into wine for this famous old club, as Leeds twice came back to rescue a draw, it is difficult to imagine any coach could offer more certainties than the Argentine.
His team are now top of the Championship but for a long while, this appeared to be a return to the Leeds of last season; the team that slumped into the bottom half and did not win any of their final 11 Championship away games of the campaign.
As his side went 1-0 down to an Oli McBurnie goal, Bielsa trudged around his technical area, hands on hips, deep in conversation with his cast of scowling lieutenants.
Only 27 minutes in, he brutally culled his midfield engine Kalvin Phillips, who had received an early yellow card.
When his replacement Lewis Baker picked up a caution of his own shortly afterwards, Bielsa flew off the bench, flapping his arms and shaking his head.
This had been a tortuous forty minutes against a well-drilled Swansea side and worry lines emerged. Amid the rough and tumble of a gruelling Championship football, both Bielsa and his team looked as though they had been tossed around the tumble dryer.
Yet football is a strange game and out of very little at all, Leeds concocted a splendid equaliser.
As Kemar Roofe slotted in Jamie Shackleton's low cross, Bielsa's staff jumped up as one and let out their relief. Bielsa sat stony-faced, barely flinching. A second player was chopped at the interval as playmaker Ezgjan Alioski departed for Jack Harrison.
'We did not defend well,' Bielsa said. 'For 25 minutes, we did not get going. There are important things to correct but we were better in the second half.'
Swansea continued to create chances. McBurnie, scorer of the first when he prodded home on the counter-attack, scored a magnificent second as his header looped into the top corner.
Yet Bielsa's side refused to surrender. While we may rave about the adventure and artistry of his team, they will also require resilience in the long slog of the Championship and here they showed plenty.
To complicate matters, Bielsa lost his captain and centre-half Liam Cooper in the warm-up, forcing full-back Luke Ayling into central defence as 18-year-old Shackleton came in at right-back.
Perturbed by the changes, Leeds made an inhibited start. They struggled for cohesion.
Swansea were sharp, which is a credit to new manager Graham Potter, who suffered an end-of-window fire-sale that saw Alfie Mawson, Federico Fernandez, Sam Clucas and Jordan Ayew all leave the club.
Yet they too remain unbeaten and might have taken the lead before breaking the deadlock when Martin Olsson skewed wide.
After falling behind a second-time, Bielsa introduced Patrick Bamford and the change worked out, as the striker turned his man, sped in behind and squared for Pablo Hernandez to salvage a precious point.
