Substitute Joe Moore equalised for the Sky Blues deep into stoppage time after Christie Pattison had given the Glens the lead earlier in the second half at the Showgrounds.

The second-placed Glens extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 16 matches while the Braidmen are without a win in nine outings despite securing that late point.

Tiarnan O’Connor’s early strike looked to have been enough to give Larne victory over Glenavon at Inver Park, before David Toure popped up to level one minute into additional time.

Larne’s draw saw them end a disappointing run of three league defeats in which they failed to score a goal but the champions will have been frustrated to concede so late in the game

For Glenavon, their draw follows a sequence of five straight top flight wins.

In an exciting match at the Showgrounds, Success Edogun had a great chance to open the scoring for the hosts with just five minutes on the clock after latching on to a Calvin McCurry cross but Glentoran goalkeeper Daniel Gyollai reacted brilliantly to save his point blank effort.

The visitors grew into the game and Jonathan Russell and Joe Thomson both blazed wide of the goal before Jordan Jenkins came closest to breaking the deadlock just after the half hour.

Glentoran’s leading scorer this term was quickest to react to a loose ball inside the Ballymena United penalty area but his low right foot shot was diverted on to the post by a full length diving save to his right from home ‘keeper Sean O’Neill.

Cammy Palmer might have done better shortly after the restart when he failed to find the target when well placed but the away side didn’t have long to wait for the breakthrough.

The Glens hit the front just before the hour mark with a fine finish from Pattisson, capitalising on a long ball from Danny Amos and a defensive error from Daithi McCallion to slot the ball past a helpless O’Neill from 12 yards.

The hosts came agonisingly close to levelling with five minutes remaining when first ‘keeper Gyollai and then Jenkins denied substitute Moore a dramatic equaliser.

But they weren’t to be denied for long and Moore was in the right place at the right time deep into added time to block an attempted clearance and somehow force the ball over the line.

Glentoran almost regained the advantage moments later but they were unable to find a way past an inspired Sean O’Neill, who produced a tremendous save.

At Inver Park, Larne took the lead inside 10 minutes with their first goal in almost 300 minutes as O’Connor ended the goal drought that started after his winner at Carrick a fortnight ago.

He was quickest to react to Andy Ryan’s scuffed rebound from his blocked free-kick, was able to find space in the box and prodded the ball past Tadhg Ryan.

Both Dylan Sloan and Isaac Baird left the pitch with hamstring injuries, while O’Connor was thwarted by Ryan at his near post and Andy Ryan blazed over with a first-time effort after being teed up by sub Jordan McEneff.

The visitors, while playing some nice stuff, couldn’t trouble Rohan Ferguson in the first half.

That changed in a big way in the second half as Paddy McLaughlin’s men upped the tempo.

Ferguson made no fewer than four superb stops to keep his clean sheet. First he repelled Harry Murphy’s header before the pick of the bunch as he tipped Michael O’Connor’s long range effort on to the post.

The home stopper then kept out efforts from Len O’Sullivan and sub Paul McGovern with the latter being parried straight to Chris Atherton who should have levelled.

Larne had next to nothing going forward in the second half but just as it looked like the hosts would cling on, the Lurgan Blues found a deserved leveller in stoppage time. Ferguson made yet another save from Murphy but Toure slammed home the rebound to secure a well-deserved point.