Who needs Payet, Dimitri Payet? On this evidence, not West Ham, who won a second game in a row without the France international at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday.
Andy Carroll opened the scoring for the visitors in the ninth minute but West Ham were rapidly pegged back by Middlesbrough's Cristhian Stuani.
But Carroll continued his sensational goalscoring form, with his third in the last two matches, to send West Ham into the lead again. Jonathan Calleri then added another in added time to wrap up an important victory.
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