McClaren expects more tough times ahead

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren will allow his players to take nothing for granted after they launched their recovery bid with a narrow FA Cup fourth-round replay victory over Coventry.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s first-half strike was enough to book the Teessiders a fifth-round trip to Preston and bring an end to a difficult few days in the wake of Saturday’s 4-0 humiliation by Aston Villa at the Riverside Stadium.