Middlesbrough 2-0 Bournemouth: Gaston Ramirez wonder goal earns Boro a first home win

Daily Mail | October 29, 2016

Middlesbrough had not won in 69 days and it was fitting that a 70-yard solo goal saw Aitor Karanka’s team end that miserable record here.

Their supporters had not seen their side win at the Riverside Stadium this season but Gaston Ramirez was determined to right that wrong when he ran from his own half in the 39th minute.

That got Boro going in this beating of Bournemouth and his contender for the season’s greatest goal came before Stewart Downing secured the three points with a blast from the past.

Gaston Ramirez put Middlesbrough in front at home to Bournemouth with an exquisite individual strike after 38 minutes

Ramirez ran with the ball before turning Simon Francis with his left foot and slotting past Artur Boruc with his right

Ramirez celebrates his first goal of the season and only Middlesbrough's seventh league strike since promotion

The Middlesbrough fans could not contain themselves as they mobbed goalscorer Ramirez and his teammates

Stewart Downing doubled Middlesbrough's advantage on 56 minutes with a cool finish from close range

Downing converted Alvaro Negredo's unselfish knock-down header, which came from a great Adama Traore cross

Downing (facing camera) scored his first league goal of the season to earn his team's first home win of the campaign

It was Downing’s first goal for Middlesbrough in the Premier League in 3,093 days – he last scored for them in this division in 2008 – and enough to secure only their second triumph this season.