'We can't keep saying the same things' - Carrick

Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick says repeated mistakes keep costing his side dear as defensive errors condemned Boro to a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield United.

"We didn't start the game particularly great, we got back in the game well," he told BBC Radio Tees.

"I thought the second half was in the balance for a good spell but it got away from us in the end.

"They were not good goals to give away, moments that turn the game and that was the story really.

"Credit to them, they've done things well enough to win the game.

"We could have done things better to stop the goals, that's pretty obvious and they are the moments that have turned things in the wrong direction against us of late and we need to flip it back.

"There's always the next game, there's always the next result, there's always the next opportunity to do that but we can't keep saying the same things."