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Michael Carrick and Middlesbrough play-off hopes in danger

Middlesbrough’s play-off hopes are now hanging by a thread after a frustrating run of form that has seen them win just one of their last five games.

NO SPARK: Michael Carrick

Middlesbrough's play-off hopes are now hanging by a thread after a frustrating run of form that has seen them win just one of their last five games.
The home side played out a goalless draw with Jack Wilshere’s Norwich City.
Michael Carrick’s side have now slipped to ninth in the Championship table and must now beat Coventry City on the final day of the season – while hoping both Millwall and Blackburn Rovers also fail to win – to sneak into the top six.
Boro were buoyed by Coventry’s earlier defeat at Luton Town in the lunchtime kick-off but were once again unable to find the decisive momen...

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