De Roon: Boro are working for attacking improvement
Middlesbrough are the Premier League’s lowest scorers and midfielder Marten de Roon claims the team are making a conscious effort to work on their attacking prowess.
Boro have scored just 19 league goals this term with bottom two clubs Sunderland and Hull City the next-lowest, having notched 20 apiece.
De Roon and co did notch on Tuesday evening, as Alvaro Negredo slotted home a 17th-minute penalty to cancel out James Morrison’s sixth-minute opener in a 1-1 draw with West Brom.
The Teessiders looked more of a threat going forward at the Riverside Stadium than they have done in recent weeks – having notched just two goals in their previous five Premier League games.
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And the Dutchman claims that improvement was not an accident.
“In training, we’re looking to play a little bit more forward and create more chances. With goals, you win,” said de Roon.
“You can play every match 0-0 but that doesn’t help us at the moment.
“The coaches have been training us a little bit more in attacking shapes and I thought we did really well after the first ten minutes against West Brom.
“We have to go forward with positives from the game and hopefully we can get some more results.”
