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Britt Assombalonga believes the 2-2 Championship draw at QPR can be a 'building block' as Boro try to escape the drop zone.

Assombalonga ended a four game goal drought as he stooped to bundle home a first half opener.

And then he scooped home sublimely to grab a second half leveller as Boro plundered a point at high-flying Rangers.

The striker admitted the draw was disappointing after a bright start but was quick to stress the positives.

"We came out all guns blazing and we did well to get ahead," he told BBC Tees.

"We went in 2-1 down at the break but we still had that belief. We showed that and we came out and got the goal.

"That's a building block for us.

"All the boys wanted the three points and I think we probably deserved them.

"Maybe with some decisions from the referee things would've been different but that's life."

If the first goal was a scruffy one, bundling home a low Jonny Howson cross, his second was smart.

He was alert to seize onto a loose back pass and delightfully dinked it over the keeper.

But Assombalonga, who had scored just one in his previous nine games, said it was a team goal straight off the training ground.

"We set up in a way to set them some traps and fair play, we've come away to a good team and and got a good point," he said.

"The second goal was down to the hard work we did pressing as a team.

"That's the kind of work we do on the training ground every day.

"You work hard to get things right in your head and when the moment comes, if it says 'do it' you do it."

Boro remain in the Championship bottom three but Assombalonga believes the precious point is a positive.

"It's not where we want to be in the table but I don't think we deserve to be down there," he said.

"But it's a point away from home and two goals and that is a stepping stone for us.

"We just have to keep working and keep pushing and it will come."