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Saturday April 11, 2009 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

  • Tuncay 4’
  • Bates 29’
  • King 88’

Hull City

  • Manucho 10’

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  1. Vital win for Middlesbrough

    Vital win for Middlesbrough

    Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate was rewarded for an attacking gamble as his side recorded a priceless 3-1 victory over Hull. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Hull City
    • 90 ALL OVER! Southgate applauds his players, the fans, his backroom staff...everyone after a huge win. King wrapped up the victory late on as Hull failed to really raise the pressure in search of a second half equaliser.
    • 89 Replays show Southgate jumping for joy at that last goal! The relief must be huge for the under pressure Boro boss.
    • 88 GOAL! KING SEALS IT! Marlon King picks up the loose ball as a Hull defender gets caught in possession on the edge of his own box...he rolls the shot into the net to seal the points!
    • 86 Tuncay is furious as he gives away a cheap foul on Ashbee on the right-edge of his own box...chance for Hull here...
    • 85 Every man back behind the ball for Boro at the moment...Tuncy earns respite as he wins a free-kick near his own box.
    • 84 Manucho sees another effort land on the roof of the net as Jones looked on...the on-loan striker has been unlucky this afternoon.
    • 83 Boro have a long spell on the ball in the Hull half...they don't look keen to put the ball in the box...happy with their 1-0 lead going into the final five minutes...
    • 81 Southgate looks nervous as he watches his side try to close out what would be a huge win...
    • 80 Huth meets the set-piece with a firm header...over the bar.
    • 79 Free-kick to Boro in a dangerous spot on the left of the box...
    • 77 HEADED OVER! Hull go up the other end as the game begins to open up...space on the right for the cross...sent into the middle...Manucho heads over from a good spot.
    • 76 SHOULD HAVE SCORED! Downing beats the offside trap down the left...he cuts inside...narrowing angle...but his right-foot shot is straight at the keeper!
    • 75 Aliadiere goes down in the box as he tries to go past his man...he looks to the referee...no penalty...the Frenchman went down very easily.
    • 74 Boro make their first change of the match; Alves is replaced by Johnson as Southgate looks to bulk up his midfield in the final stages.
    • 73 OOH! Boateng lashes over the bar after a nice spell from Hull in which they prodded and probed at the Boro defence.
    • 72 Boro have defended well, to their credit. They have worked hard in midfield to deny Hull the chance to put any threatening moves together.
    • 71 Hull haven't really been able to mount any sort of pressure in this second half...most of the threat has come from the home side.
    • 70 Boateng comes on for Hull as the visitors try to get themselves back into the game...not long remaining now...
    • 68 OFF THE LINE! A cross into the middle is deflected...up high...a header from Manucho is goalbound, but Wheater scrambles off the line!
    • 66 Bates is booked for shoving Marney on the touchline...not clever, it was right in front of the linesman.
    • 64 A long throw into the Boro box...isn't very well defended, but Turner can't keep the ball in play.
    • 63 The match is getting a bit scrappy and tetchy now; the importance of victory or defeat is starting to play on the players' minds.
    • 61 Subsitute for Hull: Barmby is replaced by Featherstone.
    • 60 Boro are getting closer...another Downing free-kick curled to the back post is inches away from being headed home...Hull are living dangerously.
    • 58 CLOSE! Downing takes the set-piece...just wide of the near post.
    • 57 Aliadiere is brought down in full flight after cutting in from the right...dangerous spot...
    • 56 NO-ONE THERE! The free-kick finds its way to Wheater at the back post...his low cross back into the middle is begging to be prodded home, but no Boro foot can get on the ball.
    • 55 Tuncay brilliantly controls a pass over the top...only to be clobbered by Turner...free-kick on the left edge of the box...
    • 54 Fagan is playing quite well down the Hull right...he tricks his way inside and shoots..blocked on the edge of the box.
    • 53 Fagan's wicked low cross to the near post is well collected by Jones.
    • 52 Boro have definitely made the better start to the half...they are having most of the possession and territory.
    • 51 SO CLOSE! Huth glances a header inches wide of the far post as he rises to meet Downing's vicious inswinging free-kick.
    • 50 OOH! Alves collects an over-run cross..lays it back into the middle...Aliadiere sees his shot blocked inside the six-yard box.
    • 48 Hull drive a low free-kick into the middle...just about cleared at the near post.
    • 47 Marney has come on at the break for the visitors as Brown looks to add some bite to his midfield.
    • 46 The second half is underway; how will Brown get his side back into this match?
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Good half, and Boro go in with a slender lead at the break. Ashbee is still complaining to the referee as he goes down the tunnel; he's not going to let it lie.
    • 44 Huth needs some treatment after a clash of heads with Manucho as they challenged in the air; the big defender took quite a blow there.
    • 43 Hull are desperate to get back on level terms before having to face their manager at the break...
    • 42 Ashbee lashes a first-time shot over the bar from the edge of the box after a long free-kick had been cleared to him.
    • 41 Boro are knocking a lot of long balls forward this afternoon; they have a big physical presence up front with King and Alves
    • 40 ...this time the visitors deal well with the corner, clearing their lines and pushing out quickly...
    • 39 Boro win another corner when Downing crosses from the left and Turner knocks behind...
    • 37 There's no doubt Boro look much more threatening than they have of late due to their increased numbers up front; credit to Southgate for the tactical change and aggressive outlook.
    • 35 McMahon is penalised for a sliding challenge on the touchline...looked like he got the ball ont he replay.
    • 34 Downing's cross from the left is well claimed by Duke...Boro had men waiting for any mistake from the rookie keeper.
    • 33 Aliadiere swings a cross in from the right as Boro continue to push men foward...headed away at the near post.
    • 32 Brown is urging his men forward; he can't contemplate defeat in this match.
    • 30 Hull are not happy with the officials; they feel the corner shouldn't have been given.
    • 29 GOAL! BORO TAKE ADVANTAGE! Downing swings the corner into the middle...where it is met by youngster Bates with a glancing flick into the far corner!
    • 28 Ashbee is furious with the assistant referee for awarding a corner when he was convinced he kept the ball in play...
    • 27 Downing is putting himself about...he is playing more centrally than usual as Southgate has gone with an attacking 4-3-3 formation.
    • 26 CLOSE! Fagan bustles on to a through-ball, although Jones comes out and pats the ball away...but only into the path of Manucho...BUT HIS SHOT FROM A TIGHT ANGLE FLIES WIDE OF THE FAR POST!
    • 25 Fagan does well down the left...he beats his man and looks to get a cross over...seems to be deflected behind, but the referee awards the goalkick.
    • 23 OOH! Wheater heads an inswinging free-kick just over the bar...Duke came for it, but never got near the ball.
    • 21 Downing cuts inside and has a left-foot shot saved at the near post by Duke. Decent effort on his sweet left foot.
    • 20 Jones comes through a crowd to claim Geovanni's corner from the left...confident goalkeeping from the Aussie.
    • 19 Hull are bidding to avoid becoming the 18th different club to suffer relegation the season after being promoted to the Premier League. Middlesbrough were the first club to suffer such a fate, in 1992-93.
    • 17 Hull win a free-kick on the left-edge of the Boro box...Geovanni looks interested...he fires a curling effort over the bar...bit of a waste with people waiting in the middle.
    • 16 CLOSE! Alves lashes a shot just over the bar from the edge of the box after the ball was headed back to him by King, who got on the end of a long ball forward.
    • 15 Incidentally, Hull are unchanged from the side that drew with Portsmouth last week but George Boateng is on the bench against his former club after three months out.
    • 14 Jones comes to the edge of his box to slide-challenge Manucho, looking to get on the end of a through-ball; the Hull man stays down after the crunching tackle, and needs treatment from the physio. He doesn't look happy as he gets to his feet.
    • 12 Boro win a free-kick on the left...punted into a crowded box...half-cleared...Downing's cross is inches from King at the back post!
    • 11 GOAL! The corner is only half-cleared...a cross comes back into the box from the right and Manucho powers home the header! What a start! Hull back on level terms!
    • 10 Geovanni fires a shot over the bar from the edge of the box...the referee spots a deflection and awards the corner...
    • 9 Wheater goes up as Boro win a corner following more nice play down the right...Wheater wins the header at the back post, but Duke is able to claim easily inside his six-yard box.
    • 8 Marlon King is starting this afternoon against the club he began the season; King scored five goals for Hull on loan from Wigan earlier in the campaign but left after a fall-out with manager Phil Brown and subsequently joined Boro.
    • 7 Hull are attempting to do the double over Middlesbrough for the first time since 1954-55, they won the reverse fixture 2-1 in December. They;ll have to come from behind if they are to do so. Phil Brown will be fuming.
    • 5 Amazing start to this match! Hull looked really confident, but a bad pass by Ricketts on the half-way line set up a two-on-one break, and Tuncay was able to slide home the rebound from Alves's shot!
    • 4 GOAL! BORO BREAK! Alves's shot from the edge of the box is saved by Duke, but he can only palm the ball into the path of Tuncay...who slides home from close range!
    • 3 Decent start this by Hull; they are knocking the ball around well in the Boro half...but they lose control on the half-way line...
    • 3 Wheater comes across to thwart Mendy's run down the right with a strong challenge.
    • 2 Boro have no win in five in all competitions, and just one point from a last possible 12 in the Premier League. They have won just one of 19 Premier League matches, a desperate run of form.
    • 1 OFF WE GO! Big relegation six-pointer, this. The tension is obvious.
    • 0 The players are out, and we're about to get underway...
    • - Hi folks; welcome to our coverage...

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Hull City
    49% Possession 50%
    17 Shots 14
    8 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 3
    3 Corners 3
    17 Fouls 15
    4 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 7
    198 Accurate passes 196
    61 Bad passes 35

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
      14 Robert Huth 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 2 1
      31 David Wheater 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 12 1 3
      26 Matthew Bates 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 24 2 1
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 13 0
      29 Anthony McMahon 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 18 2 1
      19 Stewart Downing 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 22 15 3
      16 Marlon King 1 1 1 0 4 3 0 20 4 0
      12 Afonso Alves 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 9 4 1
      17 Tuncay Sanli 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 33 11 1
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 14 3 2
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Chris Riggott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Hull City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Matt Duke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      6 Michael Turner 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16 2 0
      24 Kamil Zayatte 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 1 0
      3 Andy Dawson 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 21 8 0
      15 Bernard Mendy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1
      21 Sam Ricketts 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 0 0
      10 Marcio Geovanni 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 20 5 2
      4 Ian Ashbee 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 23 4 0
      8 Nick Barmby 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 3 1
      7 Craig Fagan 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 3 0
      28 Manucho Gonçalves 1 6 3 1 3 3 0 7 1 2
      18 Caleb Folan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
      17 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Nicky Featherstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Péter Halmosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Dean Marney 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0
      1 Boaz Myhill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 George Boateng 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1

  • Summary

    • 88 GOAL! KING SEALS IT! Marlon King picks up the loose ball as a Hull defender gets caught in possession on the edge of his own box...he rolls the shot into the net to seal the points!
    • 77 HEADED OVER! Hull go up the other end as the game begins to open up...space on the right for the cross...sent into the middle...Manucho heads over from a good spot.
    • 76 SHOULD HAVE SCORED! Downing beats the offside trap down the left...he cuts inside...narrowing angle...but his right-foot shot is straight at the keeper!
    • 68 OFF THE LINE! A cross into the middle is deflected...up high...a header from Manucho is goalbound, but Wheater scrambles off the line!
    • 58 CLOSE! Downing takes the set-piece...just wide of the near post.
    • 56 NO-ONE THERE! The free-kick finds its way to Wheater at the back post...his low cross back into the middle is begging to be prodded home, but no Boro foot can get on the ball.
    • 50 OOH! Alves collects an over-run cross..lays it back into the middle...Aliadiere sees his shot blocked inside the six-yard box.
    • 29 GOAL! BORO TAKE ADVANTAGE! Downing swings the corner into the middle...where it is met by youngster Bates with a glancing flick into the far corner!
    • 26 CLOSE! Fagan bustles on to a through-ball, although Jones comes out and pats the ball away...but only into the path of Manucho...BUT HIS SHOT FROM A TIGHT ANGLE FLIES WIDE OF THE FAR POST!
    • 16 CLOSE! Alves lashes a shot just over the bar from the edge of the box after the ball was headed back to him by King, who got on the end of a long ball forward.
    • 11 GOAL! The corner is only half-cleared...a cross comes back into the box from the right and Manucho powers home the header! What a start! Hull back on level terms!
    • 4 GOAL! BORO BREAK! Alves's shot from the edge of the box is saved by Duke, but he can only palm the ball into the path of Tuncay...who slides home from close range!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Stewart Downing

    Starting line-up

    • B. Jones
    • A. McMahon
    • R. Huth
    • D. Wheater
    • A. Taylor
    • S. Tuncay Goal Yellow Card
    • M. Bates Goal
    • J. Aliadière
    • A. Alves Substitution Out (74′)
    • M. King Goal
    • S. Downing

    Subs

    • C. Riggott
    • J. Hoyte
    • R. Turnbull
    • M. Shawky
    • A. Johnson Substitution In73′
    • J. Walker
    • M. Emnes

    Injured

    • E. Pogatetz
    • D. Digard

    Suspended

    • G. O'Neil

  • Hull City

    Manager: Phil Brown

    Captain: Ian Ashbee

    Starting line-up

    • M. Duke
    • S. Ricketts Yellow Card
    • M. Turner
    • A. Dawson
    • K. Zayatte
    • N. Barmby Substitution Out (63′)
    • I. Ashbee Yellow Card
    • B. Mendy Substitution Out (45′)
    • .. Geovanni
    • C. Fagan
    • .. Manucho Goal

    Subs

    • K. Kilbane
    • G. Boateng
    • D. Marney Substitution In45′
    • P. Halmosi
    • C. Folan Substitution In63′
    • B. Myhill
    • N. Featherstone

    Injured

    • D. Cousin
    • A. Gardner
    • J. Bullard

    Suspended

    None

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  1. jhn.cooper nothing was wrong with hull they played good­ football but middlesbrough were the better side i­ support hulll aswell and im not ashamed to admit it­ boro were the better sidei hope boro do well

    From boroboy4lyf, on Fri 17 Apr 7:59PM

  2. what chance have the tigers got of staying a prem club­ if they can't beat that load of rubbish hull just­ didn't turn up for the game some thing wrong some­ where

    From john.cooper.773, on Sun 12 Apr 2:42PM

  3. super boro

    From chris, on Sun 12 Apr 8:58AM

  4. oh my god Icnt belive hull city loset

    From Maria, on Sat 11 Apr 11:32PM

  5. I LOVE YOU '' TUNCAY SANLI '' , WE LOVE­ YOU '' TUNCAY SANLI­ ''

    FANTASTİC FOOTBALL PLAYER TUNCAY­ TURKISH-DELIGHT

    From emre.derdiyok, on Sat 11 Apr 7:43PM

  6. Bravo BORO!!!

    From nesirlinm, on Sat 11 Apr 7:23PM

  7. I'm not a Boro supporter but says well done. You­ have a great manager in Gareth

    From sinini, on Sat 11 Apr 5:09PM

  8. Keep up the work you lot.
    It is not over until the fat­ Lady sings eh.

    Hey, Hey.

    A lot of fats in the Boro.

    From I know how, on Sat 11 Apr 5:05PM

  9. well done to the whole team of Boro,Hope Newcastle lose­ now

    From ROBBI, on Sat 11 Apr 5:03PM

  10. I did say 3-1, but wrong people.

    Either way, the Boro­ are not dead, Newcastle to get beat tonight, what do­ you think.
    I reckon Stoke will do it 2-1

    From I know how, on Sat 11 Apr 5:00PM

  11. oh my god cnt believe middles won

    From mahazamjad, on Sat 11 Apr 4:58PM

  12. The Boro revival, Newcastle next to throw points and we­ are looking good.

    Well dONE THE bORO, UNDER PRESSURE­ AND YOU PULLED IT OFF, GOOD LUCK.

    From I know how, on Sat 11 Apr 4:57PM

  13. GREAT, Go no now BOTO

    From I know how, on Sat 11 Apr 4:55PM

  14. Hull is the team all good football supporters want to­ see relegated go for it Boro. Wrap it up like a bit of­ fish.

    From Ronsenglish, on Sat 11 Apr 4:51PM

  15. Loads of chances to close this one out, not taken. Bet­ I'm not the only Boro supporter fearing the worst.­ C'mon Boro!

    From chris.armstrong82, on Sat 11 Apr 4:47PM

  16. keep the faith and keep goin jusat 10 minutes left

    From ANDREW, on Sat 11 Apr 4:42PM

  17. come on boro, send the shi""y ull­ down!!!!
    Leon the Iron Fan

    From leon971, on Sat 11 Apr 4:36PM

  18. Hull are going down

    From David K, on Sat 11 Apr 4:35PM

  19. Coment,

    63rd min, they should have known at the start­ of the prem season.
    Who pays your wages???????

    From I know how, on Sat 11 Apr 4:32PM

  20. what sort of team hails Stewart Downing as a GOD???­ he's absaloutely­ rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From billtonyson, on Sat 11 Apr 4:22PM
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