Middlesbrough show bounce-back-ability

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship clash between Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town.

• Middlesbrough 2-1 Ipswich

It is often said that a marker of a team's championship capabilities is that they are able to win while they play well. Make no mistake, Middlesbrough played incredibly well against what many expected to be a tough test in Ipswich.

However, it's the context surrounding the performance that is all the more impressive.

Having gone three games without a win beforehand - failing to score in two of them - another contest without maximum points could have heaped some serious pressure on Middlesbrough. Yet, Edwards was able to shut out the noise and come up with a masterplan that worked to perfection.

The scoreline suggests a close game. But look deeper and you will see that a Boro team impacted by the international break were in command throughout. The fact that the stars of the show where Hayden Hackney, a player who turned down Ipswich to stay at the Riverside, and Morgan Whittaker, someone who Edwards...