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De Gea: We must keep winning

David De Gea wants Manchester United to extend the run of victories into 2017, after the Reds rounded off 2016 by netting two late goals to defeat Middlesbrough 2-1 on New Year's Eve.

After Grant Leadbitter fired Boro in front with a touch over 20 minutes remaining at Old Trafford, it looked as if the game could slip away from United but De Gea never gave up hope of securing a sixth successive triumph in all competitions.

"We believed in ourselves," the Spanish goalkeeper told MUTV. "We put all the [attacking] players on the pitch, the strikers and the wingers, and we scored two goals and got the three points.