Good morning and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Premier League clash between Middlesbrough and Manchester United at the Riverside Stadium. The hosts, without a win in 10 games, parted company with manager Aitor Karanka on Thursday and today represents an opportunity for caretaker boss Steve Agnew to stake a claim for the job. But it won't be easy as Manchester United look to get back to winning ways and keep their hopes of a top-four finish alive.
Premier League / Matchday 29
Riverside Stadium / 19.03.2017
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- R. Gestede(77')
- M. Fellaini(30')
- J. Lingard(62')
- A. Valencia(90+3')
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Updated 19/03/2017 at 13:52 GMT
53'
Fabio delivers a teasing cross into the penalty area but it's just too high for Negredo and United clear the ball for a Boro corner.
52'
Barragan does well to win the ball back from Lingard and Boro break...
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51'
Joe Jordan is on the Boro bench this afternoon. The popular assistant manager was brought in to help Steve Agnew after Aitor Karanka departed the club on Thursday.
50'
United open the Boro defence on the right but just as Valencia makes his way inside the penalty area he's blocked off by Gibson and the ball takes a final touch off the United player. Boro goal-kick.
49'
Fabio is fortunate not to be shown a yellow card as he goes in high on Valencia but doesn't make a connection with the United man. He gets a talking to from the referee.
48'
Fellaini wins the header and United clear. It has now been eight hours since Boro scored a goal in the Premier League!
47'
A ball is played down the line for Ramirez but Carrick watches him all the way and makes a block. Boro have a corner now.
46'
COMEDY GOLD! Smalling tries a backward diving header to his goalkeeper, completely misses and ends up chesting it back to De Gea. That could have been embarrassing for the United centre-back.
2nd Half
45'
We're underway in the second-half. Boro had an amazing 61 per cent of possession in the first-half but United were by far the better side.
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End of 1st Half
HT
HALF-TIME: Middlesbrough 0-1 Manchester United.
45'
One minute of added time to play at the end of the first-half.
44'
Rashford picks the ball up in a central area, he has plenty of options but tries a reverse pass for Young and Bernardo does well to make the interception.
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43'
Smalling is fouled just as the corner comes in and United now have a free-kick inside their own area.
42'
Fabio, a former United player, does well to win a corner for Boro and Leadbitter will take the set-piece.
41'
SAVE! Rashford is causing the hosts all kinds of problems but his finishing is letting him down. He once again gets away from Bernardo easily but his shot from a tight angle is parried by Valdes.
40'
Boro have few options on the bench but Cristhian Stuani, who scored their last goal in open play in January, could be called upon in the second-half.
38'
STAT: Boro have only recorded two points when they have gone behind in the Premier League this season.