Brentford dent Boro’s automatic-promotion hopes

Middlesbrough’s fading hopes of an automatic-promotion spot took a battering at the Riverside Stadium when Brentford came from behind to win 2-1.

Ashley Fletcher’s poacher’s finish in the sixth minute looked to have put Boro on track for a third win in four undefeated games in the race to the Premier League.

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