Albert Adomah ran to hug Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka after coming off the bench to earn his side a 3-1 victory over Brentford.
Just two weeks after being denied a move away from Teesside, the Ghanaian winger set one up then scored a cracking third as Boro struggled to break down Brentford at the Riverside.
It was an enthralling finale to an end-to-end game which saw Uruguayan forward Christian Stuani bag his sixth and seventh goals of the season as Boro moved up to second in the Championship table.
Brentford looked bright and dangerous on the break, but it was Boro who kept probing.
The opening goal came in the 35th minute after some brilliant work by Emilio Nsue again on the right. He did well to keep the ball in before laying off for Fabbrini and the Italian's inch-perfect cross into the box was flashed in off the post by Stuani.
The Bees drew level four minutes into the second half when the ball was deflected back to Dimi Konstantopoulos and he shinned it straight to Lasse Vibe who poked in.
But Boro regained the lead in the 69th minute when substitute Adomah crossed from the right and Stuani hammered in from close range to bag his fifth goal in four games.
The Londoners should have levelled again just a minute later when Vibe found Djuricin at the far post but the Austrian striker blasted over, then Konstantin Kerschbaumer was denied by Konstantopoulous with a point-blank save.
But Boro bagged their third with 13 minutes to go when Nugent stormed forward before laying off for Adomah who hammered in from a tight angle.
