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promoted, maybe their mindset is different and Fulham play Sheffield United and there is a chance they can score more than one or two.

“At this stage we can’t control that. But we know anything can happen.

“You saw it a couple of seasons ago when Swansea were seven goals behind Forest.”

Not for the first time this season, the Lions waited until the second half to ramp up the intensity.

Sheffield United’s win at QPR on Friday had taken the edge off this clash as a big opportunity to gatecrash the play-offs.

By the time news had filtered through that Middlesbrough were leading, the atmosphere and intensity inside the Den had deflated to pre-season friendly levels.