Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate drew comfort from their performance in last night's 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.

The two teams were separated by Dimitar Berbatov's winner and Southgate said: "We were very disappointed how we played on Friday (a 1-0 defeat to Everton) and it was important to restore some pride.

"I thought we were quite bright in a lot of our play, we were very resilient today and our keeper has made some good saves, but generally our discipline in terms of tactics was good.

"Our quality in the final third was what let us down. We got in some good positions and made some good breaks but didn't make the most of the situations we were in and didn't really test the keeper.

"It was an improvement. We knew it was a shot to nothing because only Newcastle have drawn here but today was really about giving a performance that gives us some belief going forward.

"I thought that did, which was important, because it is what we do from here on in that matters."