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Recovered yet?

Boro left it late but got the job done and moved to the top of the Championship table last night.

And it left the national reporters in attendance at the Riverside in no doubt about the division Boro will be playing in next season.

The Guardian

In the manner of a middle-distance runner making that all-important kick for the finishing line, Middlesbrough have forced their way to the front of the Championship pack.

Aitor Karanka’s side may take some stopping now but they left securing the win that lifted them to the top of the table – two points ahead of Burnley and four in front of Brighton – extremely late.

The game had entered its 94th minute when Adam Forshaw sealed it with the last kick of stoppage time, the midfielder pouncing on a loose ball in the chaotic fallout from a Stewart Downing corner and scrambling it home to send the Riverside wild.

The Sun

The North East is set to be represented in the Premier League next season after all.

Doomed Newcastle and Sunderland might be facing the prospect of life in the Championship.

But, barring another end-of-season choke, Middlesbrough will be flying the region's flag in the top flight come August's big kick off.

And they will certainly have earned it.

Last night's dramatic win over Reading, thanks to Adam Forshaw's last gasp winner, said everything you need to know about the character of Aitor Karanka's promotion hopefuls.

The Mail

Middlesbrough moved top of the Championship last night thanks to a stoppage time strike from substitute Adam Forshaw that keeps them firmly on course for automatic promoion.

The North East club threw away their ticket to the Barclays Premier League last season after a poor run-in.

This year, however, they look determined to seal the title, and their share of of an £8billion TV deal.

The Times

The Premier League futures of Newcastle United and Sunderland look increasingly precarious but the north east seems likely to have at least one representative in the top flight next season, after Aitor Karanka's side continued their recent upturn in form to move two points clear of Burnley, with five games remaining.

Forshaw, the substitute, poked the ball home from close range after a goalmouth scramble from Stewart Downing's injury time corner to deny Reading a deserved point.

And what did the opposition make of it? GetReading

Royals looked to have done enough after Simon Cox’s first goal of the season had cancelled out Emilio Nsue’s early strike.

The hosts poured forward in the second period but found Ali Al-Habsi in superb form and it looked as if the home support would go home frustrated.

But Forshaw dragged the ball home following a goalmouth scramble in the fourth minute of stoppage time to break Royals hearts and send the Riverside Stadium into delirium.

There was also deserving praise for Ali Al Habsi

A superb display and so unfortunate to be on the losing side. The Omani was always in for a busy evening but he made a number of superb saves to keep Reading level, especially when Boro surged forward time after time in the second half.