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Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham City: Morgan Rogers hits late winner as Wayne Rooney suffers defeat

Wayne Rooney suffered defeat in his first game in charge of Birmingham City as his Blues side were beaten by Michael Carrick's Middlesbrough.

Young Midlander Morgan Rogers scrambled in an 89th-minute winner, just 13 minutes after coming off the bench, for his first goal for the club.

It was no more than the hosts deserved as they racked up a fifth straight win to climb to 13th in the Championship table, just a point behind Blues, who slip out of the play-off places to seventh.

It could hardly have been a much tougher start for Rooney to have his first game as Blues boss up against an in-form Boro side led by his old Manchester United and England team-mate Carrick.