Overview
- Middlesbrough drew 2-2 with Millwall at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday after falling 2-0 behind in the first half.
- Millwall opened the scoring through Tairyk Arconte in the 11th minute and Lyndon Dykes in the 36th, with Amario Cozier-Duberry pulling one back in the 50th and Will Lankshear equalising just after the hour.
- Head coach Kim Hellberg made three halftime substitutions that changed the game, he praised his players' character and accepted responsibility for a poor first half.
- Millwall set out to defend and counter because manager Alex Neil reported a 14-player injury problem that left his squad severely depleted.
- The draw lifted Middlesbrough to third place but cost them a shot at top spot, and it underlined Boro’s pattern of heavy possession matched by intermittent lapses while loan signing Cozier-Duberry and Lankshear continued their strong form.