Middlesbrough moved back into the automatic promotion places with a 3-2 win at Queens Park Rangers that took them up to second in the English Championship on Friday.
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LONDON: Middlesbrough moved back into the automatic
promotion places with a 3-2 win at Queens Park Rangers that took them up
to second in the English Championship on Friday.
Goals from Jordan Rhodes, Gaston Ramirez and Ben Gibson gave
Boro the points at Loftus Road, with a fine Jamie Mackie strike having
brought mid-table QPR level at 1-1 by halftime, before the hosts forced a
tense finish with a Tjaronn Chery effort.
The victory takes the visitors to 73 points and within two
of leaders Burnley who visit Brighton & Hove Albion, now down to
third place with 71 points, on Saturday.
Rhodes opened the scoring after 17 minutes by taking
advantage of a mistake from Grant Hall, who misjudged a long through
ball, and rounded keeper Alex Smithies before netting.
Mackie equalised just past the half-hour mark with a
brilliant shot on the turn that hit the bar and bounced down over the
line with the linesman giving the goal.
Boro went back in front six minutes into the second half
when Ramirez flicked home a header from a corner swung in by Grant
Leadbitter, who had just had a penalty saved.
Gibson's powerful header five minutes later gave Boro some
breathing space until Chery's fine left-foot strike from outside the
area in the 85th minute set up an exciting finale.
(Writing by Ken Ferris; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
- Reuters
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