Tony Mowbray welcomed Marvin Emnes' return to goalscoring form after the Dutch striker's double fired Middlesbrough back into the play-off places.
Emnes ended his recent drought with a goal in Saturday's win over Nottingham Forest - Boro's first victory in 2012 - and struck twice more to help sink Millwall 3-1 at The Den on Tuesday night.
"He's been through a bit of a barren spell and lost his confidence but now he's back," said Middlesbrough manager Mowbray. "We are delighted he's back among the goals, we need him among the goals."
He added: "Ultimately we are pleased with the points.
"It's not easy to come here, you always know you are going to get a game but we showed our quality and should have punished Millwall more, we had some amazing chances.
"But we saw two sides of the Middlesbrough team, the quality we possess but also the fighting spirit and the ability to dig in."
Millwall remain three places and six points above the relegation zone and manager Kenny Jackett condemned their first-half display.
"We were very poor, we were physically not strong enough and we got bullied," he said.
"We have to look at ourselves, we weren't competitive enough or strong enough in the first half.
"We can't give ourselves a mountain to climb like that, but we did fight back with some spirit."
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I have never had any doubts about Emnes ability and have said so " ad nausiam" on this site. What we should celebrate though is the arrival of Curtis Main. he impressed against Sunderland and last evening in my book cemented his first team career. Its not often Boro have had a teenager with so much going for him, in height , build and ability. Looks at home already!
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