Michael Carrick full of praise for Middlesbrough's latest Irish maestro

Alex Gilbert scored Boro's late winner in the New Year’s Day Championship fixture at Hull City.

IRISH MAESTRO: Middlesbrough's Alex Gilbert celebrates after the Sky Bet Championship match at the MKM Stadium, Kingston upon Hull. Pic: Ian Hodgson/PA Wire.

Michael Carrick has hailed Alex Gilbert after the former Ireland U21 attacker scored Middlesbrough’s late winner in the New Year’s Day Championship fixture at Hull City.

Carrick had been grateful to another Irish international – Finn Azaz – for supplying eight goals this term but his late replacement in the number 10 role delivered on Humberside.