Late goals by Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba helped Manchester United complete a famous comeback victory after they trailed to Middlesbrough and raged against the injustice of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's disallowed goal.
United were left raging after referee Lee Mason chalked off Ibra's 39th-minute goal for a high foot that left Middlesbrough goalkeeper Victor Valdes rolling around in what appeared to be exaggerated agony.
The mood of Jose Mourinho and his players darkened further when they hit the woodwork twice and saw Grant Leadbitter undeservedly shoot the visitors ahead after 67 minutes.
But a double strike in little over 60 seconds then turned the game and earned United their sixth consecutive victory in all competitions and stretched their unbeaten run to 12 matches.
First, Martial despatched Ibrahimovic's flick-on in the 85th minute following a long ball out of defence from Eric Bailly.
Then with Old Trafford reaching a crescendo, Paul Pogba scored in the home side's next attack, standing still to guide substitute Juan Mata's cross in with his head.
With Monday's trip to West Ham in mind, Jose Mourinho rang the changes with Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo starting on the bench and Michael Carrick not in the 18.
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