Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray hailed his side as they bounced back from defeat at the weekend to beat Leeds United 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium.

Striker Curtis Main scored the only goal of the game as Boro registered their first win in the Championship in 2013 ending a run of five successive defeats.

Mowbray told reporters: "We competed against a team that you have to compete with and, on the balance of play, it was right we came out on top.

"Other games can be more of a football game but Leeds put you under pressure, don't allow you to keep the ball and it becomes more of a physical battle. But we came out on top of that."

Middlesbrough are sixth in the Championship table on 50 points, six points off the automatic promotion places.

Written by
Simon Sinclair