Middlesbrough 4 Yeovil 1: Boro are far from the finished product, says Mowbray after lift-off

The Boro manager had been under mounting pressure after a string of draws left his side languishing in the lower reaches but was upbeat after a vital victory.

Boro were caught cold at the back as Andy Williams raced through to put Yeovil ahead after four minutes.

But they levelled quickly through Grant Leadbitter and Albert Adomah stabbed them ahead before the break after Leadbitter’s penalty was saved.

A second-half strike from Jacob Butterfield and Kei Kamara’s header wrapped up a polished win.

“We gifted them an early goal but the reaction to that was very positive,” said the Boro chief.

“We got the equaliser very quickly, we went ahead, we hit the bar, we hit the post, and we got ahead and stayed composed. It was a good display.

“So is it a relief? I don’t think so. We have been playing well in recent weeks and we knew it would come.

“But yes, it is important to turn those good performances into wins. Six draws from 11 games is too many and all of those felt like defeats to us because we probably warranted more than a single point in all of those.

“We have never lacked confidence. We have played some very good football over the season.”

Mowbray admitted that the team was still far from the finished product and are leaking too many costly goals.

“We know we maybe need to add some more quality at the back and cut out the individual mistakes that are leading to goals against us,” he said.

Middlesbrough: Steele, Richardson (Hoyte 77), Rhys Williams, Gibson, Friend, Butterfield, Leadbitter (Varga 78), Whitehead, Adomah, Emnes (Carayol 62), Kamara. Unused substitutes: Jutkiewicz, Hines, Leutwiler, Smallwood.

Yeovil: Hennessey, Edwards, Duffy, Webster, McAllister (Dawson 79), Grant, Upson, Ralls, Davis, Madden (Moore 46), Williams (Hoskins 33).Unused substitutes: Ayling, Seaborne, Foley, Dunn.

Referee: D Whitestone (Northamptonshire).

Man of the match: Jacob Butterfield.