Gareth Southgate and his side were booed off the pitch with some sections of the home crowd calling for his sacking, but the former Boro skipper remains undeterred.

Gareth Southgate: "If fans want to react like that so be it.

"I will take whatever stick that is coming my way.

"I understand the frustrations. Expectations are high here - people expect us to go straight back up - but we have had some under-par results and performances.

"But we need some perspective. Results have gone our way and we are still only three points off a promotion place. We are still very much in it."