MANCHESTER -- Jose Mourinho urged Anthony Martial to listen to him and not the player's agent after the Frenchman played a key role in helping Manchester United fight back against Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Martial's future at the club has been in the spotlight, due to a recent lack of regular starts, but the forward played 90 minutes against Middlesbrough -- and scored the equaliser as United turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 win, with two goals in the last five minutes.

Speaking in his postmatch news conference, Mourinho said: "He played, he created, he scored, he fought. I think he was very positive. I know he's a top talent.

"Anthony has to listen to me, and not listen to his agent. He has to listen to me in training every day and listen to the feedback I give to try to improve players.