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Staying calm key to upturn in Boro fortunes - Carrick

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Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick has emphasised the importance of his squad keeping calm after a disappointing run of three defeats in five Championship matches.

Boro sit 10th in the league, three points outside the play-offs, but a 3-0 defeat at home to Coventry City on Saturday, in which star midfielder Hayden Hackney was sent off for two yellow cards, was a blow.

"We want to win more games - there's no getting away from that," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

"In most of the games that we've played, we've been very close - it wasn't long ago since we beat Sheffield United and played really well at Norwich.