Their only problem was their finishing: substitute Mame Biram Diouf headed on to a post; Jonathan Walters squandered chances; Charlie Adam, scorer of a 65-yard wonder-goal at Chelsea last week, never came close to replicating that accuracy or power and Arnautovic was correctly caught out twice by the same linesman, including two minutes into stoppage time.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's 61st-minute strike – his sixth goal in 10 games – settled a scrappy Liberty Stadium contest that failed to spark into life until the Iceland international finished from substitute Leroy Fer's pass.
Little, who had been impressive throughout, twisted and turned before crossing for Lisa Evans and her headed knockdown was calmly finished by substitute Crichton.
However, in a rousing finish, substitute Nicholson sliced the ball home from close range, after which Mannus and Stevenson were shown red cards following an angry goalmouth melee.
As the Irish tried to summon up a big finish, substitute Cox dragged a great chance wide in the 84th minute although the overlapping Andrews was perhaps better placed to shoot.
The goal from Chelsea striker Torres took the heat out of the contest, but despite Spain's superiority in possession, Nigeria were let down again by poor finishing when substitute Gambo Muhammad squirmed the ball wide with 15 minutes left.
The substitute finished superbly with a minute remaining to earn a point.
The substitute finished off a driving run with a low finish that went in off the post to deny 10-man Fulham.
Teenage Crewe striker Ryan Colclough, making only his second appearance as a substitute, finished the game with a suspected broken jaw, following a collision with Dons midfielder Darren Potter.
In its original broadcast, "Lisa's Substitute" finished forty-third in the ratings for the week of April 22 28 , 1991 with a Nielsen Rating of 11.1, equivalent to approximately ten million viewing households.
