Hasselbaink secures victory for fortunate ’Boro

Middlesbrough 3 Fulham 2

The Dutchman was struggling until he blasted a 76th-minute shot into strike-partner Aiyegbeni Yakubu to level at 2-2 and then doubled the dose eight minutes later to snatch all three points with a fierce drive.

Boro looked to be heading for a second successive Premiership defeat when first young Dutchman Collins John and then Papa Bouba Diop put the visitors ahead.