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Taking a chance on Adama Traore doesn't pay off for Middlesbrough

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With goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, Arsenal saved themselves from another embarrassing result at Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough found themselves on the wrong side of a couple of key moments as they went down 2-1 at the Riverside to Arsenal.

With a draw not being of use to either side and with the game delicately poised at 1-1, Steve Agnew took a chance and substituted on the frustrating starlet Adama Traore to give Boro some presence in the final third, but it backfired as the pacy winger lost possession in a key area, leading to Mesut Ozil's winning goal.