Middlesbrough defender George Friend hints poor morale has contributed to their relegation.

The Teesside club are heading straight back down to the Championship after just one season in the Premier League, after Monday's 3-0 defeat at Chelsea consigned Steve Agnew's side to relegation.

Friend said: “We need to do better than we have done this season, that's the honest truth. I have been disappointed with certain things in the dressing room. I don't really want to elaborate, that's all I'll say on that matter.

“You have to have a reaction, you have to give it everything for the last two games and then over the summer, you have to review what's gone wrong. A lot of that is above my jurisdiction.

“I have to look at myself personally and perhaps my team-mates, but there are things that need to be reviewed and we need to find out what they are and make changes so these things never happen again.

“But things have to be looked at and we go from there."