Rovers 2 Middlesbrough 1

[Alan75]

Mark Hughes post match comments

"It was difficult to play our normal game today and we had to battle. In the end I think we deserved it and we could have won more handsomely in the end.

"We have now got four wins out of five and that is a decent run.

"It is very similar to the run we had last season when we went on to have a better second half of the season, so hopefully we will kick on."

Rovers: Friedel, Emerton, Todd, Ooijer, Neill, Bentley, Savage, Tugay (Mokoena 68), Pedersen, Nonda (Derbyshire 85), McCarthy.

Subs Not Used: Brown, Henchoz, Peter.

Booked: Neill.

Goals: Nonda 9, McCarthy 74.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Davies (Christie 84), Woodgate, Pogatetz, Taylor, Morrison (Johnson 84), Boateng (Euell 78), Cattermole, Downing, Yakubu, Viduka.

Subs Not Used: Jones, Parnaby.

Booked: Pogatetz, Davies, Cattermole.

Goals: Yakubu 61 pen.

Att: 22,653

Ref: M Atkinson