Source: SKY_Sports
Southgate gutted at loss
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate insisted that his side should have got something from their loss to Leicester City.
Southgate saw his side lose their second successive home match as Lloyd Dyer scored late on to give The Foxes the win.
But Southgate insisted that his side deserved something from the game.
"It was a smash-and-grab raid," said Southgate.
"At the end there it felt worse than West Brom. That time we never looked like scoring, we played poorly and we got what we deserved.
"But tonight we created chance after chance, dominated the game and their keeper has made some brilliant saves.
"I can't fault the team because they did everything you could ask and it looked like there was only one team going to score. We are bitterly disappointed."
Southgate and his side were booed off the pitch with some sections of the home crowd calling for his sacking, but the former Boro skipper remains undeterred.
"If fans want to react like that so be it," he said. "I will take whatever stick that is coming my way.
"I understand the frustrations. Expectations are high here - people expect us to go straight back up - but we have had some under-par results and performances.
"But we need some perspective. Results have gone our way and we are still only three points off a promotion place. We are still very much in it."
Leicester boss Nigel Pearson, who skippered Boro against City in the 1997 League Cup final, was beaming after what he admitted was a fortunate win.
"Obviously we are delighted to get our first win on the road," he said.
"It was a battling performance. Maybe we rode our luck a little a times and our goalkeeper made some good saves. It is a fact that we have played better than that and come away with nothing but we got the spirit and commitment I was looking for.
"It was a scrappy game and we didn't play as much football as we wanted to but that's the way it goes sometimes."
