Gareth Southgate will focus on Middlesbrough's defence after the team suffered a fourth defeat of the season.
The 1-0 reverse at home to West Bromwich Albion leaves the team 16th in the Barclays Premier League and without a clean sheet since the penultimate day of last season.
"You have to score goals to win matches but we could hardly have created more chances than we did against West Brom," said Southgate.
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"The one thing we have to do is make sure that if we are not going to win games like that, we don't come away with a defeat.
"We haven't kept a clean sheet all season and it's time that we stopped conceding.
"The place to put it right is the training ground and we'll we working hard this week as a squad."