Boro need 'belief and hope' next week - Carrick

Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick said his side have to go into their game with Coventry next week with "belief and hope", after dropping points in a goalless draw with Norwich.

Boro are now ninth, two points outside the top six, and face the Sky Blues in a crunch match on the final day of the season next Saturday.

"We needed to the win the game and we just didn't have that moment that we needed to find. We just weren't able to do that. There was a couple of moments when we had few opportunities but it just didn't drop for us," he told BBC Radio Tees.

"It's still possible next week but obviously at this moment we're all disappointed, we know what last day of the season brings with the ups, downs and the swings that it can bring so we've got a chance, whatever that chance is but after today we're bitterly disappointed.

"There's nothing else we can do, we have to accept that. We didn't get what we wanted from today and that's the situation. We've got to go into next week with the belief and hope and try and do the right things for ourselves.

"I can't fault the players, they care a lot, they're desperate to win and they were out on their feet at the end but we couldn't find what we needed today.

"It's a massive week and come the game next week it's a massive game. Historically we've seen it and it's there for all of us to know that anything can happen on the last day. We've got to go there believing that we can get what we want from the day never mind the game."