Middlesbrough hammer Oxford United with a 6-2 victory to maneuver into fifth place within the Championship on an away day to recollect.

An in-form Boro aspect netting six targets in an away league match for the primary time in 64 years, with a hat-trick from Emmanuel Latte Lath, two targets from Finn Azaz and one from substitute Tommy Conway.

Greg Leigh and Dane Scarlett additionally acquired on the scoresheet for the struggling hosts, who’ve now picked up only one win of their final 11 outings, dropping all the way down to 18th within the desk and solely 2 factors off to relegation zone whereas Middlesbrough go fifth.

Oxford drop to 18th simply two factors above the drop zone whereas Boro go fifth.

UNITED: Cumming, Lengthy, Brown, Vaulks (McEachran 73), Moore (Płacheta 53), Brannagan (El Mizouni 73), Harris (Scarlett 53), Goodrham, Rodrigues (Phillips 64), Leigh, ter Avest

Unused subs: Ingram, Dale, Goodwin, Ferdinan

Middlesbrough: Brynn, Ayling (Dijksteel 85′), Edmundson, Clarke, Neto Borges, Howson, Barlaser, Doak (Forss 62′), Azaz (Hamilton 85′), Burgzorg (McGree 75′), Latte Lath (Conway 62′)

Subs: Fry, McGree, Jones, Dijksteel, Hamilton, Forss, Conway, Glover, McCabe

Attendance: 11,442 (together with 1,484 away)

Oxford United head coach Des Buckingham advised BBC Radio Oxford:

“It exhibits you the ruthlessness of this league- they’ve had three photographs on the right track within the second half and scored all three so that they had been scientific of their end however they had been the higher group all through the vast majority of that recreation.

“We had been in a great recreation for 30-35 minutes, and I assumed we deserved to go one up, after which we had a ten minute spell the place they acquired the penalty after which acquired the second rapidly to place them in entrance and ended up getting in to half-time 3-1 up.

“It’s a harsh actuality of this league, we have to rapidly recoup, recuperate and prepare for Tuesday and we’ll definitely try this.”

Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick advised BBC Radio Tees:

“It’s a tough place to return and the circumstances made it powerful – quick pitch with a number of wind.

“I assumed, particularly going a aim down, we began alright and made some probabilities and we performed some actually good soccer.

“We all know what the boys are able to and it’s thrilling – there’s no getting away from it.

“We’ve acquired to maintain constructing however we’ve acquired two powerful video games approaching Wednesday and early Saturday that we have to take care of and that’s why the squad’s going to be important.”

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Right here’s how followers reacted as Middlesbrough hammer Oxford with a 6-2 victory to maneuver into fifth place on an away day to recollect…

@finlayw__: Azaz and Latte are higher than De Bruyne and Haaland.

@Jamstbill: 29 targets scored, 15 of which within the final 3 video games. League high scorers, nuts

@shiggy1981: By no means EVER overlook the entire and utter simpletons who advised us Azaz was shit and Carrick ought to be sacked. Hound them like I’m hounding

@eyupdean: 15 targets in 3 video games is simply fuckin absurd

@oufc_lucas: Truthful play! We upped our recreation within the second half, pretty shut, finish to finish recreation. You probably did nearly edge it in the long run although. A draw would have appeared truthful. Good luck for the remainder of the season.

@xTANKYOUFCx: It’s was and nonetheless going to occur once more this season. Completely out performed and Cummings acquired beat to many instances close to put up. However on a brighter observe them horrible lot down the street misplaced once more and now even nearer to going to none league.

@johndonnellyjr: Unhealthy day on the workplace for you lot. Chin up hope you keep up, good luck for the remainder of the season.

@NathanielOUFC: Was at all times going to occur sooner or later. Fairly it got here towards the group which might be scoring for enjoyable on the minute, than some group doing it out of the blue. Solely optimistic is that we scored a couple of aim in a match for the primary time in practically two months.

@Smogg74:
Simply acquired us bang in kind…
Unfortunate
Hope yous keep up
See yous on the Riverside… UTB

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