Before that Boro had won seven of eight league games, context Carrick wants players to consider in their response.

"You can't just forget a defeat," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.

"It's not a case of 'let's move on, it'll be fine', but on the same point you've got to understand what we're trying to build and where we've come from.

"At some point during the season you're going to have bumps in the road and have some defeats - some are bigger than others.

"It's about how you cope with that and ultimately at the end of the season is where the story ends, so it's up to us to see the bumps through and this is a bigger one.

"We'll bounce back and look forward to the next game."