After the long wait to break Manchester United's scoring record, Wayne Rooney ensured the landmark 250th goal was still dramatic.
The United captain bent in a free kick in stoppage time at Stoke to salvage a 1-1 draw on Saturday in the Premier league and move clear of Bobby Charlton at the top of the club's all-time scoring leaderboard.
Rooney and United had looked set to return home frustrated, with the forward watching from the bench.
Jose Mourinho deployed the forward in the 67th minute but there appeared to be no way past well-drilled Stoke, with last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping from lee Grant and wayward finishing putting United's 16-match unbeaten run in all competitions in jeopardy.
It was a thrilling end to a match that looked to be going Stoke's way after such a sloppy start by United.
liverpool stunned
Fernando llorente scored twice as Swansea stunned title-chasing liverpool 3-2 on Saturday, climbing off the bottom with a first Premier league win at Anfield.
Swansea inflicted liverpool's first home defeat in a year the hard way. After llorente sent the visitors into a surprise 2-0 lead just after halftime, Roberto Firmino scored two goals to tie the score but Gylfi Sigurdsson grabbed the winner in the 74th minute.
llorente has scored seven times in the last 10 league games.
The ease with which he scored his two goals will be of concern to liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, whose third-place team has conceded more goals league than any of its top-seven rivals.
A minor positive for Klopp will have been the play of Firmino, who had scored just once in his last 10
matches.