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Hellberg had taken the reins from caretaker manager Adi Viveash this week, setting sights on the Premier League but vowing not to change the team’s playing style despite a recent dip in form.
In starting with a win, and particularly in this manner having been outplayed by Derby in the first 45 minutes, he made the perfect introduction to the Boro faithful.
It was far from the perfect start for
West Ham’s miserable Premier League campaign continued with a defeat at Leeds on Friday which ensured their worst start to a season for 52 years.
The result was their third consecuitve defeat under new manager Nuno Espirito Santo, who remains winless since replacing Graham Potter in September.
The Hammers, who sit 19th in the table, have recorded just one win this season and ironically it arrived against Nottingham Forest, when
Phil Neumann marked his return to Birmingham City’s starting line-up with the winning goal in a dogged victory over Preston.
The German defender, who lost his place to the suspended Jack Robinson, nodded home Alex Cochrane’s 33rd-minute free-kick to bring the visitors their first victory in five attempts.
But Chris Davies’s side needed to withstand a fierce second-half bombardment after home boss Paul Heckingbottom made good use of his substitutes