Saturday, December 21, 2019

More of the Same....Middlesbrough 2 Stoke City 1

Again The Potters contrive to lose a game they should have won.Overall they had the best of the first half (without really threatening to score) against a makeshift home outfit.

Second half and Clucas came up with another goal, to put us ahead, following good work by Gregory having been set free by a long ball down the right.

The home team had not won any game this season where it went behind.But this is Stoke....Within 4 minutes 'Boro equalised with Stoke's back four waiting for an offside flag that never came. Shortly after Clucas was felled in the home penalty area,but no penalty awarded,just a yellow card for supposedly faking it all.Poor decision,which once again seemed to knock the stuffing out of our fragile team.

Momentum was with 'Boro. They escaped Stoke's high press,advanced on a retreating defence,with Wing scoring a fine winner from distance.No chance for Butland to save.

You knew we were not coming back from that

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