Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Manchester United saw off Fulham to move second, closing the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to three points.
A blistering start by United saw Carlos Tevez go close twice before Ronaldo netted with a superb volley after Steve Davis failed to clear.
Fulham fought back to threaten through two Danny Murphy efforts.
But Ronaldo made it 2-0 when he headed home John O'Shea's cross and United ran out comfortable winners.
Lawrie Sanchez's side have not won an away league game since September 2006 and never seriously looked like ending that awful run here.
However, despite the ease of United's victory, they were strangely out of sorts for long periods and their lack of cohesion in the final third will be a concern for boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson must be grateful that Ronaldo is in such sublime form - the Portuguese winger has now notched 13 goals this season and scored in each of his last five games.
But the rest of United's strikeforce, including the returning Wayne Rooney, were unable to capitalise on their side's bright start.
United's first chance came and went when Anderson's inswinging cross was just too long for Tevez, who failed to direct his header.
And Fulham keeper Antti Niemi made his first save of what was to be a busy night when he kept out a stinging shot from the Argentine soon after.
Such was the pressure on the visitors' defence a goal looked inevitable and it duly arrived in the 10th minute.
Davis only succeeded in heading a Ryan Giggs corner back into the danger zone and Nemanja Vidic headed on for Ronaldo to find the top corner with a sublime volley.
Tevez was unlucky not to extend that lead when he met another Giggs cross but saw his shot hit Niemi, who knew little about it.
But from then on Ferguson's men seemed to lose their way, and they were almost punished.
First Murphy forced a fine save from Edwin van der Sar after a neat build-up and then, from the resulting corner, the former Liverpool midfielder curled his shot inches wide.
That should have been a wake-up call for United but Fulham continued to come forward and could have been level at the break if Shefki Kuqi had done better with Simon Davies' cross.
It took Ronaldo's second goal to lift United out of their lethargy, and it was another clinical finish.
Substitute John O'Shea curled in a cross from the left and Ronaldo leapt above Dejan Stefanovic to head home.
That was the cue for United to belatedly rediscover their free-flowing football from earlier in the game.
But further goals failed to materialise with Rooney screwing his shot wide after being fed by Giggs and Louis Saha being denied by another fine Niemi save.
Ronaldo was undoubtedly the star of the show but he was unable to finish the game with a flourish - his final act of note seeing him harshly booked for diving after tangling with Niemi in the area. BBC
All we need now is Arsenal to drop some points.
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