Ki Sung-yueng

On 31 August 2013, Ki joined Sunderland on a season-long loan with a mid-season re-call option. [ 41 ] He scored his first goal for Sunderland on 17 December 2013 in a 2–1 League Cup quarter-final win over Chelsea , cutting inside Ashley Cole then beating goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer with a low shot in the 119th minute for the winning goal. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] On 26 December, he scored his second for Sunderland in a 1–0 away win over Everton . Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard played a short pass to Leon Osman who was robbed of the ball by Ki. Howard brought Ki down and was sent off, and Ki converted the penalty kick himself to give the Black Cats a vital win. It was Ki's first league goal. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Ki's third goal for Sunderland came in a 4–1 away win at Fulham from a well-worked set piece by Adam Johnson . [ 46 ] On 22 January 2014, Ki reached his second consecutive League Cup final as he helped Sunderland defeat Manchester United 2–1 on penalty kicks after the two-legged semi-final had finished level on aggregate, with Ki and Marcos Alonso scoring Sunderland's penalties. [ 47 ] Ki played against Manchester City in the League Cup final on 2 March, but despite leading 1–0 at half-time, they were overpowered by City in the second half, eventually losing 3–1. [ 48 ] Sunderland spent most of the Premier League season in the relegation zone, [ 49 ] but Ki played his part in their recovery, even playing on despite suffering tendonitis in his knee for several months. He played his last match for Sunderland on 10 April 2014. [ 50 ] Sunderland succeeded in avoiding relegation, and eventually finished 14th. [ 49 ] — Wikipedia