'Horrible way to lose' - Carrick

Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough have won two of their last nine in the Championship

Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick admitted that Ryan Giles' 87th minute own-goal was a 'horrible way' to lose the Tees-Wear derby.

Boro had led 1-0 through Delano Burgzorg and pulled it back to 2-2 through Hayden Hackney's fine strike, but Giles' unfortunate contribution settled the match in Sunderland's favour.

Defeat keeps Boro in seventh, outside the play-offs on goal difference from West Bromwich Albion.

"It's a horrible way to lose a game, especially a game of this significance and stature," he said.

"To lose the game and concede those goals, an own goal and a deflection is difficult but we have to accept it.

"We started the game ever so well, went ahead, looked like we could add to that and were in a really good place.

"There was a two-goal swing which we dealt with well and we came back into it well, but we kind of drifted second half and didn't do enough."