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Middlesbrough

  • King 90’

Portsmouth

  • Crouch 31’

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  1. King grabs late point for Boro

    King grabs late point for Boro

    Marlon King's stoppage-time equaliser gave Middlesbrough a vital point against Portsmouth in their Premier League relegation clash. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Portsmouth
    • 90+4 That's it, game over. Incredible drama at the death.
    • 90+4 Oh dear. Alves could have won it for Boro - latching onto an Adam Johnson through ball, the Brazilian fires tamely at James.
    • 90+3 Incredible drama. A real goalmouth scramble and King follows up a saved McMahon header to grab the draw for Boro. GOOOAAALLLL.
    • 90' David James is first to a McMahon cross and punches clear before clattering into David Wheater. That could be the last chance!
    • 88' Boro have a corner but waste it by playing it short.
    • 85' James saves smartly from Downing, after a wonderful tackle on Alves from Distin.
    • 82' Crouch drags horribly wide. Portsmouth have been poor this half.
    • 78' That may have put paid to hopes of Boro salvaging anything from the game. Poor effort from Bates - especially considering his side were in the ascendancy.
    • 76' Matthew Bates, having been already booked, is shown a second yellow and a red, for diving. Steve Gibson, in the stands, does not look happy.
    • 73' The sleuth of substitutions, cards and free-kicks seems to have helped Portsmouth weather the storm.
    • 72' Johnson picks up a yellow for a poor challenge on Tuncay.
    • 70 A substitution for either side - Hughes for Nugent and Alves for Arca.
    • 69' King threatens around the edge of the Portsmouth box but James sweeps up.
    • 66' Crouch should have won it there. Huth misjudges a cross and Crouch has the goal gaping but the German recovers to block.
    • 64' Nugent is in the book for a late challenge on Huth.
    • 61' It's truly all Boro this half...Belhadj picks up a yellow card for petulance.
    • 60 Point blank save from David James - great reflexes. Adam Johnson delivers, but Tuncay's powerful header is straight at James.
    • 60' A very bizarre episode. First King and then Tuncay wildly miscue overhead kicks, before Taylor follows up with a well struck effort that is straight at James.
    • 58' Adam Johnson for Aliadiere.
    • 56' Tuncay heads over an Arca cross.
    • 53' Boro with some concerted pressure, but Pompey survive the aerial bombardment
    • 51' Wheater fouls Crouch thirty yards from the Boro goal. Kranjcar is over it, it's dipping but ultimately it's always over.
    • 48' Bates sees yellow for a late tackle on Kranjcar.
    • 46' Pogatetz is off for Taylor. The Boro captain had a torrid afternoon.
    • 46 We're back underway at the Riverside.
    • 45+3 That's it the travelling fans celebrate a well deserved half time lead.
    • 45' Three mins of added time.
    • 44' Distin's head deflects a decent Aliadiere effort wide for a corner, which is cleared only as far as Arca, but the South American's long ranger is again blocked.
    • 42' Another sight of goal for Crouch but his glancing header is too close to Jones.
    • 39' Marlon King makes a nuisance of himself in the box but Campbell heads clear.
    • 37' Boro are huffing and puffing, but, as of yet, have blown nothing down. They are having a real go but lack any form of imagination.
    • 36' Belhadj for an injured Pennant.
    • 33' Nugent flicks a header goal-wards, but it's comfortable for Jones.
    • 32' Kranjcar breaks and has a shot blocked. It's all Pompey.
    • 31' GOAL for Peter Crouch and what a poor one to concede! Kranjcar plays a short corner to Johnson who in turn feeds Crouch an awkward ball, whilst under pressure shaping well the England front-man volleyed tamely goal-wards. But somehow Brad Jones saw it late and inexplicitly allowed the ball to settle in the back of the net.
    • 30' Arca muscles Davis off the ball before firing high and wide.
    • 27' Poor free-kick from Downing after a Mullins' foul. Didn't even beat the first man.
    • 25' Three quick fire efforts for Boro. Downing has a long ranger deflected off Mullins for a corner that Pogatetz heads goal-wards but is blocked. And then from their second successive corner, Tuncay stoops in at the near post to head just wide.
    • 22' Having started the better but faded away Boro will have to regroup or their hopes of Premier League survival will soon fade.
    • 20' David Nugent has been highly impressive thus far and it is he who thunders a half volley against the foot of the post. Good interplay between the Pompey front two.
    • 19' Paul Hart prowls his technical area.
    • 17' Downing with a tame header from a McMahon cross. Downing has been prominent in everything Boro have done well.
    • 15' Peter Crouch what are you doing? Trying an overhead kick the gangly England man manages to completely miss the ball but not Robert Huth's face. Reasonable opportunity wasted.
    • 11' Glen Johnson does incredibly well to get a cross in when he looked destined to run the ball out of play. David Nugent has the resulting shot blocked. Half hearted calls for a penalty for a foul on Crouch from the corner which follows. Very feisty start to the game.
    • 8' We've had a spate of early free-kicks which is doing little for the flow of the game at a blustery Riverside, which, by the way, is only half full.
    • 5' Boro captain Pogatetz has an effort from distance but it's always rising. Boro on top.
    • 3' We've had a frenetic start to the game with either side exchanging half chances. First Marlon King breaks away down Boro's right but his cross is tame and then, Jermiane Pennant fires a free-kick to the far post for Glen Jonhson, but it's a little too high for the England man.
    • 15:00 Referee Martin Atkinson gets us underway at the Riverside.
    • 14:55 The teams are out: Boro: Jones, McMahon, Wheater, Huth, Pogatetz, Aliadiere, Arca, Bates, Downing, Sanli, King. Subs: Turnbull, Taylor, Emmes, Alves, Shawky, Adam Johnson, Walker Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Davis, Mullins, Kranjcar, Crouch, Nugent. Subs: Begovic, Kaboul, Pamarot, Utaka, Hughes, Kanu, Belhadj.
    • 14:50 Boro, lying in 19th with one win in 16 league games face a Portsmouth side, a position above them who have won one in 12, which all adds up to a real relegation six pointer.
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of this afternoon's Premier League game from the Riverside Stadium. This is the 100th league meeting between Middlesbrough and Portsmouth. Let's hope it's a good one.

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Portsmouth
    49% Possession 50%
    21 Shots 11
    7 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 4
    12 Corners 4
    11 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 22
    258 Accurate passes 265
    60 Bad passes 29

  • 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 7 1 0
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 2
      29 Anthony McMahon 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 31 1 1
      31 David Wheater 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 28 2 4
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 35 9 3
      26 Matthew Bates 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 2 0
      20 Julio Arca 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 4 3
      19 Stewart Downing 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 24 8 1
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 19 0 1
      16 Marlon King 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 10 3 1
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 23 7 4
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 0
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 1
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Afonso Alves 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 8 5
      5 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 24 1 4
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 2
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
      28 Sean Davis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 4 1
      14 Jermaine Pennant 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 0
      19 Niko Kranjcar 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 40 2 1
      6 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 1 1
      9 Peter Crouch 1 4 2 1 3 1 0 35 3 1
      10 David Nugent 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 16 4 2
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      31 Asmir Begovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Younes Kaboul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3
      17 John Utaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Nadir Belhadj 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19 1 2

  • Summary

    • 90+4 Oh dear. Alves could have won it for Boro - latching onto an Adam Johnson through ball, the Brazilian fires tamely at James.
    • 90+3 Incredible drama. A real goalmouth scramble and King follows up a saved McMahon header to grab the draw for Boro. GOOOAAALLLL.
    • 85' James saves smartly from Downing, after a wonderful tackle on Alves from Distin.
    • 76' Matthew Bates, having been already booked, is shown a second yellow and a red, for diving. Steve Gibson, in the stands, does not look happy.
    • 60 Point blank save from David James - great reflexes. Adam Johnson delivers, but Tuncay's powerful header is straight at James.
    • 60' A very bizarre episode. First King and then Tuncay wildly miscue overhead kicks, before Taylor follows up with a well struck effort that is straight at James.
    • 51' Wheater fouls Crouch thirty yards from the Boro goal. Kranjcar is over it, it's dipping but ultimately it's always over.
    • 42' Another sight of goal for Crouch but his glancing header is too close to Jones.
    • 31' GOAL for Peter Crouch and what a poor one to concede! Kranjcar plays a short corner to Johnson who in turn feeds Crouch an awkward ball, whilst under pressure shaping well the England front-man volleyed tamely goal-wards. But somehow Brad Jones saw it late and inexplicitly allowed the ball to settle in the back of the net.
    • 25' Three quick fire efforts for Boro. Downing has a long ranger deflected off Mullins for a corner that Pogatetz heads goal-wards but is blocked. And then from their second successive corner, Tuncay stoops in at the near post to head just wide.
    • 20' David Nugent has been highly impressive thus far and it is he who thunders a half volley against the foot of the post. Good interplay between the Pompey front two.
    • 11' Glen Johnson does incredibly well to get a cross in when he looked destined to run the ball out of play. David Nugent has the resulting shot blocked. Half hearted calls for a penalty for a foul on Crouch from the corner which follows. Very feisty start to the game.
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of this afternoon's Premier League game from the Riverside Stadium. This is the 100th league meeting between Middlesbrough and Portsmouth. Let's hope it's a good one.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • B. Jones
    • A. McMahon
    • R. Huth
    • D. Wheater
    • E. Pogatetz Substitution Out (46′)
    • J. Aliadière Substitution Out (58′)
    • M. Bates Red Card
    • J. Arca Substitution Out (70′)
    • S. Downing
    • M. King Goal
    • S. Tuncay

    Subs

    • R. Turnbull
    • M. Shawky
    • A. Johnson Substitution In58′
    • A. Taylor Substitution In46′
    • J. Walker
    • A. Alves Substitution In70′
    • M. Emnes

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Paul Hart

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • G. Johnson Yellow Card
    • S. Campbell
    • S. Distin
    • H. Hreidarsson
    • J. Pennant Substitution Out (35′)
    • S. Davis
    • H. Mullins
    • N. Kranjcar Substitution Out (90′)
    • P. Crouch Goal
    • D. Nugent Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)

    Subs

    • N. Pamarot Substitution In90′
    • N. Kanu
    • R. Hughes Substitution In70′
    • J. Utaka
    • N. Belhadj Substitution In35′ Yellow Card
    • Y. Kaboul
    • A. Begovic

    Injured

    • P. Bouba Diop

    Suspended

    None

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  1. The only saving grace is that other teams around us are­ playing just as bad. I just hope that we can take one­ or two of these games like yesterdays that are there­ for the taking in order to stay up because if I know­ Boro, they'll battle for an entire season's­ worth of championship games and go up but wont show the­ same commitment in the key games in the premiership.

    From Bryan, on Sun 15 Mar 1:11PM

  2. Boro's display was a light year away from the­ Liverpool display a couple of weeks ago. This is why­ the Alves's miss late on is all the more galling.­ it just reaffirms why we are where we are, namely, we­ dont create enough chances during a game and even when­ we do we dont take them.

    From Bryan, on Sun 15 Mar 1:09PM

  3. (having to put my tuppence worth in, in segments­ because of this nuisance yahoo 'invalid­ comment' @#$%)

    From Bryan, on Sun 15 Mar 1:06PM

  4. Pompey's goal came out of nothing really but it­ didn't spark anyone into life within the Boro team.­ Im a Boro fan who believes that even as bad as things­ are, we need to keep backing the team just like­ Southgate keeps saying.. BUT... Southgate's whinge­ about the fans singing 'we only have one­ player' is borne out of fans frustration that the­ team as a whole is simply not motivated enough. The­ fans can deal with the dissapointment of a defeat if­ the team goes down fighting. What we cannot put up with­ is the sight of a team going through the motions,­ looking busy, for 70 minutes waiting for someone to­ produce something.

    From Bryan, on Sun 15 Mar 1:02PM

  5. Oh my god Alves! If ever you had a chance to redeem­ yourself with the Boro fans then it was that last­ minute chance!! That last 15 minutes of play involved­ endless balls over the top in the hope that it might­ fall at Alves/King's feet and when it eventually­ happened he fluffed it again! The game itself was­ turgid stuff really, you could see it was going to be­ after the first couple of minutes. For two teams­ supposedly battling for survival there was absolutely­ no urgency whatsoever.

    From Bryan, on Sun 15 Mar 1:01PM

  6. Well done Martin Atkinson for giving Matthew Bates a­ second Yellow card for falling over, and therefore a­ Red card, when your colleague Phil Dowd doesn't­ even bother giving Morten Gamst Pedderson a Yellow card­ for a much more blatent DIVE. Let's see some­ consistency with Referees. Oh and by the way, don't­ forget that this Referee gave a West Brommich Albion­ player a Yellow card, a second and thus Red, for­ actually conceding a corner kick !

    The sooner the game­ introduces video Referees, as in Rugby and cricket, the­ better.

    From Jarvis, on Sun 15 Mar 8:29AM

  7. What a surprise, Boro equalising at the death. ­ What's up with you Pompey? Why take off Nugent and­ invite Boro onto us?

    From Ace, on Sat 14 Mar 5:54PM

  8. Don't lose hope Boro lads, as long as Stoke,­ Pompey, Newcastle and Blackburn are within reach, we­ are still in the thick of it.

    From tasgaha, on Sat 14 Mar 5:15PM

  9. olllllllllllley!!!!!!!that's it.i'm happy­ despite knowing that we'll play in championship­ next year...

    From Baybora, on Sat 14 Mar 5:07PM

  10. pompey r garbage

    From mboeri, on Sat 14 Mar 5:04PM
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    smoggies goin down ha ha

    From dave m, on Sat 14 Mar 4:58PM

  12. pull your finger out BORO, i would shout it, but i­ might wake them up.....

    From Ian, on Sat 14 Mar 4:57PM

  13. goaalll

    From feyyazeronen, on Sat 14 Mar 4:54PM

  14. comeon pompey its time now to show every body we can­ win the game, good luck to blues and belhadj

    From zizou, on Sat 14 Mar 4:50PM

  15. Come on pompey,

    From bluearmy_pfc, on Sat 14 Mar 4:49PM

  16. Well, this match was a must win for Boro - sad to say­ it's Championship for us with half the squad going

    From IAN, on Sat 14 Mar 4:45PM

  17. What the hell!!!!!! If we lose I really hope Steve­ Gibson sees sense and sacks Southgate before its to­ late.

    From Ratty, on Sat 14 Mar 4:45PM

  18. Come on pompey boys you can do it don't let us down­ now POMPEY BOYS RULE

    From vikki, on Sat 14 Mar 4:42PM

  19. come on pompey there down to 10 men lets finish it!

    From SIMON, on Sat 14 Mar 4:38PM

  20. Pompey never seem to go for the killer second goal. ­ They sit bake and let the opposition take control. ­ That's just asking for trouble. I'll be­ surprised if we can 'hang on' for another 30­ minutes. Play Up Pompey.

    From Ace, on Sat 14 Mar 4:32PM
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