Boro boss Hellberg reacts to loss at Derby

Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg spoke to BBC Radio Tees after Thursday's 1-0 defeat at Derby County.

"It was unbelievable winning the first four games, having that start. But then getting one point from the next four and not scoring, creating a lot of chances, playing a lot of good football and goalkeepers being the man of the matches almost every game, that hurts," he said.

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"Looking at the table, we are back to the same position when we started eight games ago and that hurts also. The result today hurt.

"Look at the bigger picture over those four games and we scored no goals and we created tons of opportunities to score. At the moment we are not good enough at scoring and we have to be honest with that.

"But we cannot just say 'it's not going our way'. It's not, but we have to find a way and get better at those things.

"I go into the locker room and see devastated players. They know it too, they put this on their shoulders. I need to find a way to help them better, that is my job and that's my aim."