Tony Pulis’s Middlesbrough and Paul Heckingbottom’s Leeds United faced each other in the Championship this evening.
Leeds United’s chances of finishing in the top six of the Championship this season have taken a blow.
The West Yorkshire outfit have lost 3-0 to Middlesbrough away from home at the Riverside Stadium in the Championship this evening.
Patrick Bamford was the star of the show for Boro, as the 24-year-old scored a hat-trick for the home team.
The former Nottingham Forest and Chelsea forward scored twice in the first half and once in the second period.
Former Leeds striker Noel Whelan was following the match for BBC Radio Leeds, and he was disappointed with the performance of Paul Heckingbottom’s side against Boro.
Former Middlesbrough duo Bernie Slaven and Andy Campbell have taken to social networking site Twitter to give their reaction to the final result.
Whelan told BBC Radio Leeds (9:42pm, Friday, March 2, 2018): “A fairly spineless performance from the players, lacking in belief, lacking in any kind of creativity, not doing things right defensively in the 18-yard box and creating next to nothing in the attacking box.”
Over the course of the 90 minutes at the Riverside Stadium this evening, visitors Leeds had 53% of the possession, took 11 shots of which only one was on target, and earned five corners, according to BBC Sport.
The defeat to Middlesbrough is a huge blow to Leeds’s chances of clinching a playoff spot in the Championship this season.
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