"I thought in the first half it was pretty much what we expected, tough team to break down man to man all over the pitch. It's a great club, a family oriented club - as Middlesbrough is. It's great to see the fans go home happy. Josh Koroma told me he couldn't get in before I got here, now his agent will be phoning me up thanking me. If I could bottle it I'd be a multi-millionaire. A striker would have been proud to be there. We thought Matty Pearson could do a bit in there and we wanted him in and around there. We just showed where we thought they could get something from it and we've come up trumps. We had a scout at the Preston game and they could have got 10. I'd cut a lot out of what we show about the opponents because there wasn't a lot of bad stuff to show them. The home cheers had only just subsided when Koroma curled in his seventh goal of the season after 54 minutes.īoro's defence was now at sixes and sevens, so when Helik headed across goal Pearson's knee turned the ball in from close range.Īnd Pearson then bundled in Danny Ward's shot as Town scored four times in a game for the first time this season.Īkpom headed in Riley McGree's cross after 74 minutes, but Boro finished well beaten. However, he weaved his way past three players before curling a left-footed shot beyond Zack Steffen. There seemed little threat when left-back Ruffels collected the ball midway inside the Boro half.
Having been outplayed for most of the opening period, the Terriers were level 22 seconds after the restart. Ramsey's exquisite pass sent Archer racing up to the area and, while the latter's pass eluded Akpom, it fell for Forss to sweep in his 10th goal of the campaign. In form Akpom headed wide after Paddy McNair's shot was blocked for a corner, while Aaron Ramsey's 23rd minute attempt was saved by Tomas Vaclik.Ĭameron Archer then volleyed over and Ramsey fired wide before Boro made the deserved breakthrough. Michal Helik did well to steer a back-post cross into the path of Koroma, whose low shot was hacked clear by Darragh Lenihan.īut it was a rare threat on the visitors' goal as Boro's possession-based approach created the greater share of opportunities. At start of play only Cardiff had scored fewer goals than Town in the second tier this season, but the home side were only a goal-line clearance away from a fourth-minute lead.
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