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CHUBA’S AT HOME AT NO.10

Secret behind Boro striker’s hot streak
By Dave Flett

CHUBA Akpom has credited his free-scoring form with the return to a number 10 role that he last fulfilled as a teenager at Arsenal.
The 27-year-old Middlesbrough attacker netted for a fourth consecutive contest during Tuesday’s comprehensive 3-0 victory at Blackpool – afeat matched by only two other Championship players this season (QPR’s Chris Willock and Bristol City’s Andreas Weimann).
Akpom also scored in each of Michael Carrick’s first four fixtures as Riverside chief after the ex-M...

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