Championship

WILDER: WE ARE SET FOR FINAL FLING

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The LeaguePaper Team
1 May 2022

By Joe Peters

MIDDLESBRO’ 3
Crooks 21, 72, Baker 25 (og)

STOKE CITY 1
Powell 90+4

STAR MAN

MATT CROOKS Middlesbrough

CHRIS Wilder believes his Middlesbrough side are shaping up nicely ahead of the final game.
Lewis Baker scored a first-half own goal and Matt Crooks struck in each half, before Nick Powell scored a stoppage-time consolation for the Potters.
The result keeps Middlesbrough’s play-off hopes alive as the race to secure a spot comes down to the final day of the season.
Wilder praised his side’s “hard-to-beat” attitude. “We wante...

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