Middlesbrough 2 Bradford City 2

Paul Ince rode to Bryan Robson's rescue as Middlesbrough came from two down to end their seven-match losing streak.

Manager Robson, who vowed to fight on after the game, had looked to be heading for the Riverside exit until skipper Ince's dramatic intervention in the penultimate minute.

Boro, who had Argentinian striking prodigy Carlos Marinelli sent off on his first senior start in the 69th-minute for a foul on Billy McKinlay, endured a nightmare opening.

Robson's side were two down in only ten minutes. A disastrous second-minute mistake by transfer-listed Italian defender Gianluca Festa enabled fellow countryman Benito Carbone to set up the opener for Dean Windass, who headed just inside the far post.

Carbone himself got in on the act when he brilliantly brought the ball under control before firing an angled shot beyond former Bradford keeper Mark Schwarzer.

Boro's £8m record buy Ugo Ehiogu scored his first goal for the club with a header three minutes into the second half to throw Robson a lifeline and Ince completed the salvage job.