WSC DAILY
October 2009
To celebrate or not to celebrate? | To celebrate or not to celebrate? |
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And it was during last summer's undignified pursuit of Ronaldinho that he chirped: "We need a superstar to get through that door. Richard Dunne doesn’t roll off the tongue in Beijing." So it was understandable that Richard Dunne criticised Cook on signing for Aston Villa in August: "All he wants is big-money players. He doesn't understand the core loyalty of the club and where it begins." It was obvious too that in last night's match between his current and former clubs Dunne provided one sub-plot in a game full of them. In a performance described by Martin O'Neill as "immense" the defender opened the scoring and upstaged Gareth Barry on his much-hyped return to Villa Park. But it was Dunne's reaction to his goal that made the headlines and confirmed one of the major themes of the season so far.
In the light of the moral outrage surrounding Emmanuel Adebayor's taunting of Arsenal fans and Carlos Tevez's painfully self-aware gesture on scoring at Upton Park, the way that a goal is celebrated has never been under so much scrutiny. Last night Dunne refused to celebrate against Manchester City, something that has been roundly applauded by this morning's newspapers. The Sun described it as "a lesson [to Adebayor] in how to react with dignity even in the heat of the moment" while the Daily Express saw Dunne making "an emphatic point with dignity and grace". Meanwhile, the away fans at Villa Park clapped their former defender, leading Mark Hughes to comment: "The fans were fantastic in terms of the reception that they gave to Richard." On the subject...
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