Middlesbrough secured their first win in the Championship of the calendar year after a spirited display at The Den against Joe Edwards’s Millwall despite a raft of injuries, however the contest started badly for the visitors, as Joe Bryan handed the Lions a 10th-minute lead.
On a mission to avoid back-to-back second-tier defeats, Boro completed a sensational comeback thanks to strikes from Lukas Engel, Isaiah
Jones and substitute Marcus Forss, meaning the Teessiders have now won consecutive away matches in the Championship as they aim to seal a top-six standing.
Carrick’s men have cherished a full week to prepare for the visit of relegation-threatened Rotherham this weekend, with Middlesbrough facing a particularly-congested January to date which has seen them move to within just 90 minutes of an EFL Cup final berth at the expense of Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea.
Before the all-important second leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, Boro will be looking to close the one-point gap to sixth-placed Coventry City in the second-tier standings, although the highly-congested nature of the Championship means the Teessiders are just three points ahead of Bristol City in 14th.
Following the departures of Chuba Akpom and Cameron Archer over the summer, Middlesbrough have been forced to share the goalscoring responsibility around their ranks this term, with Emmanuel Latte Lath, Jones, Josh Coburn and Sam Greenwood all netting five each in the Championship so far.
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After a promising three-match unbeaten spell at the end of the festive period, Rotherham United have commenced the bulk of the January schedule with back-to-back losses, exiting the FA Cup at the third-round
stage at the hands of Premier League Fulham, before being defeated narrowly by Stoke last weekend in the Championship.In a contest in which the Millers failed to register a shot onto Daniel Iversen’s
net, Potters midfielder Lewis Baker produced a moment of magic in the closing stages of the first period, with the former Chelsea man’s curling free-kick effort breaching Viktor Johansson in the hosts’ net.
