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Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City: Goals from Uche Ikpeazu and Matt Crooks earn Boro first win

Debut goals from Uche Ikpeazu and Matt Crooks earned Middlesbrough a first league win of the season, as they beat Bristol City at the Riverside.

Summer signing Ikpeazu opened the scoring for Boro in the first half, before Andy King drew City level on the hour mark.

But Crooks, also a new arrival this transfer window from Rotherham, put his side back in the lead 10 minutes later with a simple tap-in from a Paddy McNair free-kick.

For Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson, it was a disappointing return to the Riverside and the team he successfully spent four years with as a player during the 1990s.