The scoreline didn’t tell the whole story after two late goals from United winger Tahith Chong added to a first-half double from Arnau Puigmal. Boro first-teamers Hayden Coulson, Marc Bola and Marcus Browne all started for Graeme Lee’s side and our Boro writer Joe Nicholson has rated their performances - scroll down and flick through our gallery to see who shone and struggled:
Joe Nicholson's Middlesbrough player ratings: How Coulson, Bola and U23 team-mates fared against Manchester United
Middlesbrough Under-23 were beaten 4-1 by Manchester United Under-23s on Monday night – but how did their players fare?
By Joe Nicholson
Published 5th Nov 2019, 07:00 BST
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