MIDDLESBROUGH manager Aitor Karanka blamed individual errors after his side had suffered a 3-0 defeat at Cherries.

Boro dropped out of the automatic promotion spots after they had been sunk by penalties from Yann Kermorgant and Brett Pitman and a glorious effort by Harry Arter.

Karanka said: “For me it was easy to understand (the result) because I knew it was going to be a very difficult game. We played against one of the best teams in the league.

“We lost the game because we made a lot of individual mistakes.”