Lee Praises Muamba

Posted: Tuesday 16th March 2010

Tags: Fabrice Muamba, Lee Chung-Yong

Lee Chung-Yong has praised Fabrice Muamba after the midfielder scored his first goal in Bolton colours at the weekend.

It was a low diagonal ball from Lee that allowed Muamba to stride past Wigan's Gary Caldwell and shoot into Chris Kirkland's far corner. The South Korean has drawn many plaudits thie season but admits he is only happy with personal recognition when the team is winning games.

"I have still to get a thank-you off Fabrice (for the assist)," Lee told the club's official website.

"But I'm really just happy for him to score his debut goal at Bolton. Now I hope that more goals will follow for him because he has been playing well.

"It doesn't matter who scores the goals as long as we win. If the team loses, then I'm disappointed even if I played well. I feel like I have more energy when we win.

"Being a winger I get as much pleasure helping my team-mates score as I do when I hit the net myself."