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Swansea City 1-1 Middlesbrough: Boro's play-off hopes hit by Swans draw

Middlesbrough's Championship play-off hopes suffered another setback as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Swansea City.

Riley McGree ended Boro's four-game goal drought with a deflected drive at the start of the second half.

But Swansea trailed for just two minutes as Michael Obafemi produced his latest cool finish.

Middlesbrough are five points off the play-offs having failed to win in five games.

The draw sees them climb a place to eighth, but victories are needed if they are to force their way into the top six.

They might have claimed all three points here had Aaron Connolly's late effort not come back off the post - the third time the woodwork rattled in a thrilling second half.