Sheffield Wednesday roared back from 3-0 down at half-time to earn an unlikely 3-3 Championship draw against 10-man Middlesbrough.
Boro – who finished the match with ten men after Rav Van Den Berg was sent off – dominated the first half and led 3-0 at half-time after an opener from Liverpool loanee Ben Doak and a double from Finn Azaz.
But Wednesday fought back to destroy Boro's three-goal lead within 16 minutes of the restart.
Substitute Svante Ingelsson gave Danny Rohl's side hope before Josh Windass scored a second shortly afterwards.
Van Den Berg was then sent off after picking up his second yellow card, before Yan Valery completed the comeback just after the hour mark.
Faltering Boro have now won just one of their last five and dropped to seventh, while Wednesday have lost just one in eight and remain ninth, three points further back.
Boro got off to a perfect start as they took the lead after just five minutes. Hayden Hackney set up Tommy Conway and although the striker's route to goal was blocked, he struck the ball into the path of Azaz, who crossed for Doak to head home from close range.
Boro suffered an injury scare moments later when Conway was forced off and replaced by Emmanuel Latte Lath.
But the substitution did not throw the hosts off balance and Wednesday found themselves 2-0 behind after just 15 minutes. Neto Borges picked out the unmarked Azaz, who found the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Azaz scored his second and Boro's third after half an hour. Hackney met Doak's cross and after his initial effort was blocked, Azaz was on hand to score the ball home from close range.
Wednesday missed a glorious chance to get one back when Windass headed wide from close range after Valery's strike from a corner. Former Boro winger Marvin Johnson then shot wide of the target.
Rohl turned to his bench at halftime and his substitutions worked very well. Ingelsson started the comeback when his shot from Shea Charles' cross went in off Boro defender Anfernee Dijksteel.
Ingelsson then had a hand in the second – seven minutes later – when he won back possession in the Boro box before Windass headed home from close range.
The home side's second-half nightmare was made worse when Van Den Berg picked up his second yellow card just two minutes later, with boss Michael Carrick forced to change goalkeeper after Sol Brynn suffered an injury during a save.
Tom Glover was brought on and within a minute he plucked the ball from the net when he was beaten by Valery's glancing header from a Barry Bannan corner as the spoils were shared.
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