Middlesbrough miss the chance to go top

Goals from Hope Akpan and Danny Graham gave Blackburn Rovers all three points against a Middlesbrough side, who missed the chance to go top of the Championship.

Boro, who needed only a point to return to the top, were undone by a deep cross to the back post that Akpan nodded in early after the break.

Graham made it four goals in four games against Boro when he controlled Simeon Jackson’s flick-on and smashed the ball into the back of the net.

 Adam Forshaw’s late goal gave the Teessiders hope in injury time, but it proved to be just a consolation, as Rovers held out to claim all three points.

Home goalkeeper Jason Steele was on top form denying striker Jordan Rhodes three times in one-on-one situations, as the two came up against their former clubs.

Scotland international Rhodes and Ritchie De Laet both had penalty claims as Boro pressed, but they were waved away by referee Andrew Madley, much to Aitor Karanka’s annoyance.

Rovers’ second win in a row moves them up to 16th in the table.

Defeat for Aitor Karanka’s visitors, who stay third, was compounded by the loss of captain Grant Leadbitter, who injured his hamstring midway through the second half.

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