Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka is delighted with Adam Forshaw's impact this season.

Former Everton trainee Forshaw returns to his boyhood club tonight having cemented a place in the Boro midfield after a bit-part role last season.

Karanka said: “I can understand that may surprise a lot of people but not me."

Boro travel to Goodison Park after defeat at home to Crystal Palace last week.