Championship

We will get it right – Carrick

by
The LeaguePaper Team
13 August 2023

Michael Carrick refused to be too downhearted after a second successive defeat capped a miserable start to the campaign.
The Middlesbrough boss, who looks set to lose 29-goal top scorer from last season Chuba Akpom in the near future, said: “It obviously wasn’t a 3-0 game.
“We’ve done a number of good things during the match. They’re obviously a good team, it was a tight game for spells, and they had a little bit extra in the end.
“Obviously, goals change games and we weren’t quite able to take the chances we created.
“We’ve got to be better but at the same point the first one was a deflecti...

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