Buoyant Boro look for consistency

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2005

LONDON (AFP) — Middlesbrough, buoyed by their 4-1 demolition of Manchester United in the Premiership last weekend, are looking to step closer to the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup when they face Ukrainian side Dnipropetrovsk.

But Boro's Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has warned they need to shake off their inability to string two decent performances together which has been their downfall this season.

Premiership victories at home to Arsenal and Manchester United have been undermined by woeful defeats to Charlton and Sunderland.

But Schwarzer believes they have set a standard against United they cannot afford to let slip.

"They are a tough team to play against, and probably one of the teams to look out for in the whole competition," the...