Chelsea missed a host of chances as Championship side Middlesbrough earned a slender advantage in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at a boisterous Riverside Stadium. Hayden Hackney scored the only goal, opening up his body to slide home an Isaiah Jones cross in the first half. Cole Palmer missed three presentable opportunities as Chelsea failed to score for the sixth time this season.
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Tottenham Hotspur joined Manchester United as one of the Premier League giants to have been knocked out of the FA Cup this year by Chris Wilder’s Middlesbrough. Teenager Josh Coburn scored the only goal of the game as the Teesiders progressed to the last eight.
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Manchester United’s troubles mounted as they exited the FA Cup fourth round to Championship side Middlesbrough in a penalty shoot-out although it was a spot kick miss in normal time — by Cristiano Ronaldo, no less — that contributed to their downfall.
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Premier League Chelsea 3-0 Middlesborough Chelsea moved within three points of the Premier League title and consigned Middlesbrough to relegation
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Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea Diego Costa’s 10th goal of the season sent Chelsea to the top of the Premier League table
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