Aitor Karanka says the message to his players will be to approach the Millwall game on Tuesday as if it was the last in the season.





Boro are second in the Championship, but are just one point ahead of third placed Norwich and with every point now crucial, the Head Coach wants his side to give it their all against the struggling Lions at the Riverside.





"The message is the same that I say to myself," said Karanka. "I will say to my players to go to the game like it's the last game of the season.





"We need three points to achieve our objectives and forget the previous games. We have to go on to the pitch and give our best.





"We need to finish the game against Millwall with no doubts about ourselves because our recent performances haven't been good by our standards.





"The best way to forget the last two or three performances is to beat Millwall again."





The reverse fixture finished 5-1 to Boro back in December and Karanka is urging his side to look to their performance in that match for inspiration this time around.





"I remember that game (at the Den) and we could've beaten them by eight goals," recalls the Head Coach. "On Tuesday we have to look at that game because we played very well from the first minute.





"Before we scored the first goal we had already had one disallowed, but we went about the game in the perfect way so we have to learn from that for the game.





"I think it's the best way to forget our game on Saturday and it's another chance to win at home.





"It's going to be difficult to beat them because they're playing to stay in the Championship and if we think it will be an easy game then we're making a big mistake."



