Ben Doak marked his full debut for Middlesbrough with a purpose, whereas one other Liverpool loanee got here away with two assists in a productive weekend’s motion.
Since becoming a member of Middlesbrough on mortgage on the finish of the switch window it has been a sluggish adjustment interval for Doak, with two cameos towards Preston and Sunderland.
However with supervisor Michael Carrick needing so as to add an X issue to his assault, the 18-year-old was introduced in for his first begin in Saturday’s conflict with Stoke.
It introduced a gathering of Liverpool loanees as Lewis Koumas began out large for Stoke, {the teenager} making his seventh begin.
Doak proved to be the difference-maker in a 2-0 victory for Middlesbrough, changing on the rebound after Viktor Johansson palmed out Riley McGree’s long-range effort.
It was the teen’s first skilled purpose, coming in solely his fifth begin at senior degree.
In line with FotMob, Doak additionally created the joint-most possibilities (4) and tried the second-most pictures (4) whereas successful each of his tried tackles (100%).
Koumas was much less concerned, touching the ball solely 22 occasions and finishing six of his eight tried passes (75%), although he did create an opportunity in his 79 minutes on the pitch.
Elsewhere, Luca Stephenson produced a superb particular person show as he got here away with two official assists and in addition received a penalty in Dundee United’s chaotic 3-3 draw with Kilmarnock.
The industrious teen performed at right-back and teed up Louis Moult’s opener with a wise cutback after hitting the byline.
Kilmarnock scored three objectives to show the tie round for a 3-1 lead, earlier than Stephenson added one other help with a go throughout to Craig Sibbald, who did the remaining from outdoors the field.
A draw was secured when Stephenson was introduced down within the field after an brisk burst, with Ross Graham firing residence within the ninth minute of added time to safe a degree.
Solely three different loanees had been in motion over the weekend, together with Stefan Bajcetic who clocked one other 68 minutes for Pepijn Lijnders‘ Salzburg in a 2-0 win over Austria Wien.
Luke Chambers performed the total 90 minutes at left-back for Wigan of their boring 0-0 draw with Exeter Metropolis, whereas Giorgi Mamardashvili was powerless to cease Martin Zubimendi’s Actual Sociedad as Valencia misplaced 3-0.
Kaide Gordon, Nat Phillips and Marcelo Pitaluga all went unused on the bench whereas there have been as but unexplained absences for Calvin Ramsay, Rhys Williams and Jakub Ojrzynski.
Left-back Calum Scanlon has returned to Liverpool for therapy on a stress fracture in his again sustained at Millwall and Owen Beck started his three-match suspension by watching on as Blackburn beat QPR 2-0.
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Unused: Kaide Gordon, Nat Phillips, Marcelo Pitaluga
Not in squad: Calvin Ramsay, Jakub Ojrzynski, Rhys Williams
Suspended: Owen Beck
Injured: Calum Scanlon
