'A number of games in one game' - Edwards

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Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards was delighted to see his side continue their 100% start to the season after a nervy finish against Norwich at Carrow Road.

Boro came out on top 2-1, conceding their first goal of the campaign late in the game after Finn Azaz and Tommy Conway had put them in front.

"It's a really difficult place to come and win games of football - it felt like a number of games within one game," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees.

"At the start, you could see two good teams trading blows, you could see the shape (of each) and how they could hurt each other.

"To go in 2-0 up at half-time was fantastic but you'd like to take the game away from them then or not give them any belief, and we did towards the end when we could have gone 3-0 up and 10 seconds later it's in the back of our net.

"Then the stadium starts believing and it became a little bit nervy. You just want to be able to take the sting out of it, keep the ball, manage it, make good decisions - they were charging at us from everywhere but we got over the line and won the game."

Edwards' side play their final game before the international break at home to Sheffield United next Saturday in a lunchtime kick-off.