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9¹The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate drive from Middlesbrough's ORIGI.
13¹A cross from CORREA left TAVERNIER in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
18¹GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled LEWANDOWSKI to run through the Middlesbrough defence and score. (1-0 Chelsea)
19¹EMBOLO's header was well saved by the Chelsea 'keeper.
20¹GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to ORIGI who hit the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1)
22¹CORREA made space on the left and pulled the ball to ORIGI who rasped the ball wide.
24¹A lovely effort from BOWEN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
29¹TAVERNIER brought the ball away from SHAW and poked a tame shot over the bar.
31¹LEWANDOWSKI was put clear by FERNÁNDEZ and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
35¹GOAL!! LEWANDOWSKI dribbled forward, looked up and drove a shot into the Middlesbrough net. (2-1 Chelsea)
36¹A penalty box meleé resulted in EMBOLO tapping a low shot wide.
43¹ORIGI stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
43¹TAVERNIER worked the ball to EMBOLO, McGREE collected his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
1²LEWANDOWSKI rushed an easy chance.
4²A corner fell to LEWANDOWSKI who turned the ball wide.
8²GOAL!! A long goal-kick from AINA caught the Chelsea defence square and EMBOLO ran on to easily score. (2-2)
11²HOWSON beat FERNÁNDEZ and hit the ball to AINA who hit his shot wide.
13²TAVERNIER headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
17²A header by ORIGI at the near post was easily collected by the Chelsea 'keeper.
19²The Middlesbrough 'keeper saved a refined shot from GONÇALO RAMOS.
21²A fine ball from CORREA on the left found TAVERNIER who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
24²The hapless Chelsea 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KOULIBALY dropped just wide.
26²Uncertainty in the Chelsea defence enabled TAVERNIER to thump the ball over.
37²RUI PATRÍCIO saved a swerving shot from TAVERNIER.
40²GOAL!! A nice run by HOWSON on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which EMBOLO headed home from inside the penalty box. (3-2 Middlesbrough)
43²A accurate pass found LEWANDOWSKI and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LLLLLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Mattia PERIN6 16½RUI Pedro PATRÍCIO
PEDRO Antonio PORRO7½26½Cesar AZPILICUETA
Ola AINA7 37 Luke SHAW
Jonny HOWSON7½47 Enzo FERNÁNDEZ
(c)Craig DAWSON6 56½José GIMÉNEZ
Nathaniel CLYNE6½66½Kalidou KOULIBALY
Ángel CORREA7½76 Jarrod BOWEN
Marcus TAVERNIER6 86½Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
(p)Breel-Donald EMBOLO7½97 Robert LEWANDOWSKI(c,p)
(f)Riley McGREE5½105½GONÇALO Matias RAMOS(f)
Divock ORIGI7 116½Christopher NKUNKU
Manager
Aden FLINT  12  Presnel KIMPEMBE
Zack STEFFEN  13  Aaron RAMSDALE
Ryan GILES  14  Ethan AMPADU
Matt CROOKS  15  JORGINHO
Anfernee DIJKSTEEL7 166 Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK
 
Chelsea
 
League position: 8
Away league form: WLWX
Overall league form: LWWWLOWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 3 Chelsea 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 31,558, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Keith Stroud 7½)

Origi 20¹, Embolo 8², Embolo 40²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Lewandowski 18¹, Lewandowski 35¹
McGreeóDijksteel 16²NkunkuóLoftus-Cheek 39²
  
  
36
423
56
83
105
188
51
55%45%
Man of the match: Jonny Howson