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Middlesbrough 0-2 Norwich City: Jerome and Redmond send Neil's men up

Norwich City will be back in the Premier League next season after Middlesbrough suffered a heartbreaking Championship playoff final defeat.

Early goals from Cameron Jerome and Nathan Redmond ensured Norwich City beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship playoff final to make an immediate return to the Premier League.

Norwich suffered the anguish of relegation a year ago, but 12 months on it was celebrating on the hallowed Wembley turf as Boro suffered the heartbreak of defeat in a game described as the richest in football.

The impressive Jerome took advantage of a mistake by former Norwich defender Daniel Ayala to put Alex Neil's side in front and Redmond ended a long sequence of passes to double the lead only three minutes later.