Charlton Athletic boss Guy Luzon believes Boro have the quality to play in the Premier League season and hailed Aitor Karanka's side as "the best in the league".
The Addicks' latest defeat saw them extend their winless run to 13 matches, after goals from Patrick Bamford, Jelle Vossen and Lee Tomlin earned Boro a 3-1 victory.
The visitors went into the break level after Johann Berg Gudmundsson's stunning equaliser, but Charlton failed to contain a Boro side that have now won their last five matches.
"I think in the first half we played very well," Luzon said after the match.
"We scored a goal and had chances, but you can't allow Middlesbrough to score in the first five minutes of the second half.
"To come away with three points against the best team in the league, you can't just concentrate for 60 minutes or 70 minutes. You have to concentrate for 90 minutes, but I don't think the game was a 3-1.
"After they got the first one we showed fantastic attitude to press high and created some chances, but it wasn't enough. We needed to continue like that in the second half. The goal in the second half broke our spirit.
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Charlton Athletic manager Guy Luzon
"I think Boro have the quality to be in the Premier League next season. They have quality and played well. In our good moments we needed to score more and to concentrate.
"We need to think positively and focus on the future."
The Addicks handed a start to former Boro midfielder Milos Veljkovic, with the Spurs loanee making his first return to the Riverside since his short Teesside spell was ended last month.
But it was a nightmare afternoon for the Serbian, who went off in tears shortly before the break after suffering a heavy knock to his shoulder.
"Unfortunately Milos arrived two weeks ago and was an important player in our squad but he has hurt something in his shoulder," Luzon added.
"In a good case it will be a couple of weeks, in a bad case it will be a couple of months."
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