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Southampton were dealt a blow just before kick-off as Jack Stephens pulled up in the warm-up and had to be replaced in the starting line-up by Nathan Wood.
Bristol City had a great chance to open the scoring just three minutes into proceedings, Delano Burgzorg broke in behind with just Daniel Peretz to beat but the forward’s shot was well saved by the retreating goalkeeper.
Two minutes later the visitors
Coventry City were forced to wait to clinch promotion to the Premier League after being held by relegated Sheffield Wednesday – but it will take a mathematical miracle to deny them thanks to results elsewhere.
The Championship leaders would have officially been up had they beaten the Owls, because of promotion rivals Middlesbrough’s defeat by Portsmouth later on Saturday.
However, Boro’s loss, combined with Millwall only managing a draw at
The hosts dominated the ball in the first half, having nine shots, with three of those on target.
Early on, Matt Grimes made a burst through midfield and let fly with a dangerous right-footed shot which flew narrowly past the right-hand post.
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto then had a great chance to open the scoring just after the half-hour mark, shooting low towards the bottom right-hand corner but U’s keeper Jamie Cumming
The Lopetegui era has got off to a stuttering start with one win, one draw and two defeats in his opening four Premier League games, but there are reasons to be optimistic.
However, that last minute equaliser from Ings may feel like progress in some sense and the Hammers can take huge positives from the fighting spirit shown late on.
Lopetegui’s arrival signalled a change in how the Hammers would