Middlesbrough boss Aitor
Karanka is priming his side for their toughest remaining game of the season
tonight.
Promotion-chasing Boro travel
to New York Stadium to face Rotherham hoping to put themselves one step closer to the Premier
League and they will arrive as heavy favourites.
They are in second position,
a point off the top, and have won three of their last four games after an early
year wobble.
But Karanka is taking nothing
for granted against a Millers side who have enjoyed back-to-back wins and
currently enjoying the Neil Warnock factor.
“It could be the most
difficult game for the rest of the season,” the Spaniard, who has been linked
as a potential replacement for Gary Neville at Valencia, said in his pre-match
press conference.
“Everyone expects us to get
three points and thinks it will be easy, but for me it’ll be the most difficult
as they’ve won the last two.
“Under Neil Warnock they’re a
team, he’s motivated them and he’s a good manager, but we have to learn what
happened at Blackburn.
“If we play like we did on
Friday, we should be okay. It’s a game we have to win to stay in our position.
“In this league, every single
game, things can change, so we have to learn and know how important tomorrow
is.
“It can be an important (win)
but it won’t be more than three points.”
