The bell tolls for Dong

ANYONE at home” is usually the stock response when a player is asked who they’d like in the next round, but that is unlikely to be the reply from Dong Gook Lee.

A close range first-half goal to put Middlesbrough en route to the last 16 provided a rare moment of respite in what has been a largely tortuous 12 months in this country for the South Korean.

At best, he will be back on the bench when Boro host Wigan Athletic tomorrow night in the latest attempt to open his Premier League account.