Rob Edwards was left really disappointed with Middlesbrough’s 3-0 defeat at Watford, bemoaning the home side’s goals as being exactly what he’d worked on ahead of the game.

Two fast counters as Boro dominated possession in the Watford half, both times Boro were undone by a long switch to the opposite flank as they were caught short on the transition and punished to find themselves 2-0 down at the interval.

They were then three down just four minutes after the restart with what was a controversial goal as Mamadou Doumbia’s goal deflected off the head of Luca Kjerrumgaard as he stood in an offside position, taking it out of the reach of Sol Brynn.

Edwards said: “The biggest message for us going into the game was managing their counter-attacks and fast moments and not letting them switc

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