Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock said:
"We enjoyed it today. I've been on at them all week about how difficult it will be because of the way they play.
"The lads competed other than the goal and we played some good stuff at times. We passed it well.
"The goal came and the lads on the bench said let's make sure we don't give it away, I said let's go and win it.
"You only have to look at the stats, we dominated the game really. We had one or two really good performances. It's a promising game in the circumstances.
"I was ever so pleased with the substitutes, all of them, and we needed that."
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