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For the second year running, Middlesbrough FC boss Aitor Karanka left York cursing his bad luck.

In last summer’s friendly at Bootham Crescent, Alex Baptiste suffered a broken leg.

Now, 12 months on, defender James Husband dislocated his left shoulder.

Boro won Saturday’s friendly 6-0 thanks to goals from David Nugent, Albert Adomah, Jordan Rhodes (2) and Adam Reach plus an own goal from City keeper Scott Flinders.

But Karanka’s thoughts were with Husband, who fell awkwardly following a challenge and subsequently left York’s homely ground wearing a sling.

“Once again, the score was the last thing that I was thinking about because once again we had an injury,” the head coach said after the match.

“It’s not the same as last season, but we had another injury with Hubby. That is the worst thing when you are playing in pre-season.

“For me, these kind of games are really just a training session, and when you go home with an injury, it is not good.

“Sometimes, these kind of injuries come from a stupid thing. I hope that Hubby is back with us as soon as possible.”

The game itself was an entertaining affair featuring plenty of goalmouth action.

Karanka, who made 10 changes at half-time, was relatively satisfied with his team’s performance.

“I am pleased because they did well,” he said. “Maybe not tactically and in terms of the way they were playing, but the effort was good in what was really just another training session.

“I can’t take one or two things from the game because we are only in the first week and we haven’t worked tactically or anything like that. “Training has been good from a fitness point of view, and today was another part of that.

“This week, or maybe when we arrive in Marbella, we will start to work more tactically.

“But the first week, especially now when we have a lot of players who were with us last season, is different because they already know the tactics.”