A 90th-minute penalty from Tom Ince meant Leicester City had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Blackpool.
It was an afternoon to forget for Kasper Schmeichel,on his 100th league appearance for City, who needlessly brought down Gary MacKenzie to give the hosts the chance to level from the spot.
"It feels like we've lost that game," said disgruntled City fan as he left the ground. And he is probably right.
It had looked for all the world that City were on track to make it five wins in six in the Championship when two goals in the space of a minute put them ahead after Chris Basham's header had given the hosts a 1-0 half-time lead.
Paul Konchesky scored City's fifth penalty of the season, with David Nugent off the field, to level the scoring after 72 minutes after Danny Drinkwater had been brought down by Jack Robinson.
City fans hardly had time to blink as Andy King rifled home a thunderous strike from outside the area just moments after the restart.
But it was not to be as Schmeichel went through the back of MacKenzie after the defender had received the ball at the near post from a throw in, with his back to goal, and going nowhere.
"It feels as though we've dropped a couple of points there," said City manager Nigel Pearson, who agreed with referee Scott Duncan's decision.
"After a pretty indifferent first-half performance I think we did pretty well in the second half.
"To concede so late on like that doesn't feel great but that's how it goes. Move on."
The result sees City slip one place outside the automatic promotion spots on goal difference with Burnley second and Blackpool in fourth.
