Tony Mowbray: 'Middlesbrough deserved to win'

Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray has insisted that his side deserved to win after they beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at Ewood Park on Friday night.

Lukas Jutkiewicz scored twice as Boro inflicted a first defeat of the season on the Championship leaders.

"I think we deserved the win," Mowbray told Sky Sports News. "We were always a threat.

"We showed character and good quality from the start."

The win has lifted Mowbray's side up to sixth in the Championship table.