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  1. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Norwich City

    Middlesbrough and Norwich City club emblems

    Middlesbrough are three points short of the Championship play-off places after a run of three defeats from their past four games.

    Norwich City sacked boss Johannes Hoff Thorup on Tuesday having dropped to 14th in the table.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their past six league games against Norwich City (W4 D2), after losing five in a row against them.

    • Norwich City have lost their past two away games against Middlesbrough in the Championship, while they last lost three in a row away to them in league competition in October 1980.

    • Middlesbrough have won four of their past five home league matches (L1), with all four of those victories coming by a one-goal margin. Indeed, their last one was a 2-1 victory, with Tommy Conway scoring the winner in the 93rd minute.

    • Norwich City have lost their past three league matches, and could lose four in a row in the Championship for the first time since November 2023, under David Wagner.

    • Middlesbrough's Finn Azaz has both created the most chances (82) and had the most shots (115) of any player in the Championship this season.

  2. Leah Harrison, looking directly into the camera. She has long brown hair and pictured is wearing a silver tiara and purple dress.

  3. A close-up picture of a badly burned shoulder with a range of colours and swelling.

  4. Michael Carrick pictured at Hillsborough

  5. Two adult swans sat opposite each other on a nest in among reeds. A lake is visible around them.

  6. The Homerton Road sign it in the foreground of an empty street with trees on the far side of the road.

  7. Peter Rickard, chief fire officer at Cleveland Fire Brigade. He has short grey hair and is wearing a black uniform with white shirt and black tie. He is standing in front of a fire engine and looking directly into the camera.

  8. The Pope in all white laughing standing opposite the Bishop of Middlesbrough, who is wearing black garbs and a pink biretta cap. He is wearing a cross on his neck and wears glasses. They are in room with a red chair that has a golden back.

  9. A hand with index finger outstretched pressing a key in the middle of a laptop keyboard.

  10. Other results reprieved Boro - Boateng

    George Boateng playing for Middlesbrough in the 2006 Uefa Cup final against Sevilla in Eindhoven Getty Images

    Geprge Boateng played over 200 games for Middlesbrough across six seasons

    Former Middlesbrough hero George Boateng says other results in the play-off battle reprieved his former club after their disappointing loss at Sheffield Wednesday.

    With Bristol City and Coventry City, the two sides above them, both losing as well, the gap remains at three points following the Hillsborough setback.

    Boro are away to the Sky Blues on the final day of nthe regular season and know that on Saturday, they must at least match the result of Frank Lampard's sideto take it to that last match.

    "Because everybody lost, they all did each other a favour," Boateng told BBC Radio Tees. "Everything is now prolonged for another week."

    Michael Carrick's team host managerless Norwich City on Saturday, while Coventry go to relegation-threatened Luton Town.

    Netherlands midfielder Boateng, a member of the Boro side that won the League Cup in 2004 and reached the Uefa Cup final two years later, knows that nothing less than three points at The Riverside will suffice.

    "I don't know how the game against Coventry away will go," he said.

    "They are quite in form and very strong at home, so I can see a victory for them, so Middlesbrough really need to perform and beat Norwich to have a foothold in the play-offs."

  11. A hospital staff member's legs as they push a gurney along a corridor. They are wearing baggy blue trousers and white shoes. Hospital equipment is out of focus in the distance.

  12. A scene of devastation inside a growing tunnel. There are trays of seedlings on the ground with three tables flipped on to their sides further into the tunnel. There are smashed trays and watering cans strewn across the floor.

  13. 'The season is still alive' - Carrick

    Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick comforts Marcus Forss after losing to Sheffield WednesdayGetty Images

    Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick says the side's season "is still alive" despite a disappointing 2-1 loss to Sheffield Wednesday.

    The Owls had not won in six league games before defeating Boro however with both Coventry City and Bristol City also conceding a defeat, the loss has not left the Teesside club worse off on the table.

    "In the end, it hasn't changed a lot of what the next two games are going to bring but certainly today, we could have won the game and everyone else could have won their games and we'd be in the same situation," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

    "If we won the game, we'd be in a better situation. I'm not denying that.

    "For our mindset, we've got to learn about managing our games better in the thick of it and managing the space on the pitch and being more compact as a team.

    "Disappointed with today but the season is still alive."

    Middlesbrough are currently in seventh place, three points adrift of Coventry in sixth.

  14. Middlesbrough's Marcus Forss holds his head in his hands after missing a chance to score at Sheffield Wednesday

  15. Head and torso shot of an elderly couple. Ivan Wetherell, on the left is partially bald, with bush eyebrows and is wearing a blue shirt and tie, with glasses dangling from his neck on a cord. Pat Wetherell is wearing pale blue graduation robes over a grey top, and a mortar board. Both are smiling.

  16. The outside of Middlesbrough Town Hall which is a big two-storey gothic building with arched windows.

  17. 'Late goals are the best' - Carrick hails Boro win

    Middlesbrough celebrate Tommy Conway's winning penaltyRex Features

    Tommy Conway's goal was only the second time Middlesbrough have won a match in injury time this season

    Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick said that it was worth the wait as his side snatched an injury-time winner against bottom side Plymouth Argyle.

    Boro looked set to drop two points further adrift in their quest to make the play-offs until Tommy Conway's 93rd-minute penalty kick.

    Conway's 13th goal of the season was only the second time this campaign that the Teessiders have won a league game in injury time.

    And it means they remain three points behind sixth-placed Coventry City with three games to go. They include a trip to the Sky Blues in the final game of the season on 3 May.

    "The games are going to flip at times and the picture is going to change quite quickly, but I thought we deserved it," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

    "We kept going - it's not easy when you have to break teams down all the time. I thought we created enough to score but it's worth the wait. The late ones are the best.

    "Great composure from Tommy to take that penalty at the end under the circumstances and it's a big result for us.

    "When you get to the end and there's a lot at stake, there are going to be moments and it's whether we can seize them really. Today was for Tommy really."

  18. Middlesbrough players congratulate Finn Azaz on his goal v Plymouth

  19. Donna Keogh with cropped dark hair and dark eyes. She is smiling with her head tilted to one side and standing in front of a light blue wall. The photo is very grainy.

  20. Custody picture of a man with short grey hair.

  21. A computer-generated image of a landscaped area outside the spinal centre at the James Cook University Hospital. The image features wooden and stone benches, trees, flowers and a garden room-style builiday with large glass windows

  22. Inside the hallway of a hospital a nurse in a face mask is walking towards the camera. In the foreground, a staff member facing away from the camera stands behind a patient in a wheelchair. More staff in scrubs can be seen standing in the background.

  23. A selfie of David and Sarah-Jane Smith. Mr Smith is on the left and has short brown hair and stubble. He is wearing a red polo shirt. Mrs Smith has brown hair and is wearing a black top and red lipstick. Both are leaning together and smiling at the camera.