this game will be far from easy. boro are 8th defending team in the league. they tend to press not just park the bus. they have former city player negredo who scored two beautiful goals against his former side. they're quick in the counter and unpleasant from break plays. just watching the game against city. they play on the edge of permitted so the ref will be segnificant factor in this game. knowing fa refs they always allow 'weaker' sides to get away with dirty play. don't forget they're playing for their lives.
we tend to struggle against this kind of play so hope we keep our cool. fingers crossed.