Goals:

1-0: Chaplin (73, allowed far too much time to control a nod down and hit the bar before then making the most of the rebound)

Bookings: Woodrow (78, foul)

Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Sunderland) – not the man to blame for this latest poor showing. 7

Attendance: 16,106

Entertainment: **

Barnsley  Boro

Shots on 4 0

Shots off 14

Corners 5

Fouls 8 7

Offsides 2 2

BARNSLEY (4-2-3-1): Collins 5; LUDEWIG 8, Sollbauer 7, Halme 7, J Williams 7; Bahre 6 (Ritzmaier 87), Mowatt 7; Brown 7, Woodrow 6, Oduor 7; Chaplin 7 (Thomas 81). Subs (not used): Walton, B Williams, Dougall, Schmidt, Simoes, Marsh.

MIDDLESBROUGH (3-5-2):

6 PEARS: Beaten by Chaplin’s strike but not to blame and equal to everything else;

5 Shotton: After a few nervy early comeback game moments he did improve but allowed Chaplin to turn for goal

6 Moukoudi: Decent enough on the ball and looks like he cares when he plays

6 Friend: He was decent enough at the back to try to prevent Barnsley scoring more;

6 Howson: Unable to hit the heights he did earlier in the campaign despite a couple of half decent deliveries

4 Saville: Didn’t do enough to keep things ticking over in the middle as the sitter

5 Wing: Had one effort off target that went quite close but not involved enough in the final third

4 Morrison: Played far too deep for someone with the creativity that everyone thinks he has

4 Johnson: Plenty of heart and spirit – like his team-mates but lacked the quality in the right areas;

4 Assombalonga: Rarely looked like troubling a Barnsley defence that had not kept a clean sheet at home in 17 games

4 Fletcher: For his rating, read Assombalonga’s comment. It was almost an identical display from the two forwards

Subs

Gestede (for Assombalonga 72)

Coulson (for Morrison 78)

McNair (for Saville 79)

(not used): Mejias (gk), Clayton, Tavernier, Nmecha.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Kilian Ludewig – part of a Barnsley backline that was in control from start to finish.