Manchester United lost for the first time since August as the absentees from the line up proved too big a miss to conquer relegation threatened Bolton.
Despite being up against an inform Blackburn Rovers side who had taken points from the other top 4 teams and without star striker-man-of-the-moment Rooney United managed a comfortable 2-0 win over Hughes' team.
Manchester United made light work of an eager Kiev side as they strolled to another victory and in the process continued the recent theme of scoring 4 goals.
United were denied 3 points when Gallas struck an equaliser in stoppage time to rescue a draw for the Gunners. Rooney had put United ahead before Fabregas levelled just after half time. Then 10 minutes from time a slick move from the left ended with Ronaldo putting United 2-1 ahead.
The forward partnership of Rooney and Tevez continued to blossom as the pair got 3 of the 4 goals in a supreme display of attacking football. Nani opened the scoring with a 30 yard cracker before Boro equalised but in the second half United stepped up a gear and Middlesbrough were left chasing shadows.