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20 Instances of Players Returning to Hurt Their Former Clubs

To celebrate or not to celebrate?

Everyone has an opinion on just what a player should do when they score against their former club, but 41 years ago today there was little doubt about what was going through the mind of Manchester City's Denis Law.

An icon at Manchester United—who unveiled a statue of him at Old Trafford in 2002—Law scored for their great rivals in a Manchester derby, with City's victory all but confirming United's relegation to the old Division Two.

Law's backheeled goal stunned his former club, and the Scottish international seemed distraught at what he'd done.