Hellberg says Boro fell short against Portsmouth
Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg admits the Teessiders were not good enough after they suffered a late, shock defeat to Portsmouth.
Dejected Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg. [Shutterstock] Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg admitted the Teessiders were not good enough after they suffered a late, shock defeat to Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin scored in the 97th minute with Portsmouth's only shot on target to stretch Middlesbrough's winless run to six games.
Ipswich have marched clear in the race for the second automatic promotion place and Hellberg admits they were poor. "We were not good enough," he told BBC Radio Tees. "We lacked energy, quality and structure.
"That is different from other games. Sometimes we played well without the result. Today we were not good enough except defensively.
It makes you flat and disappointed. "We didn't have our best game. We played three in a week, some games are better than others.