Source: Daily_Mail
Fan-tastic Dunne had too much respect for Man City supporters to celebrate
Richard Dunne admitted his respect for Manchester City and their fans stopped him from celebrating his first goal for Aston Villa in the 1-1 draw at Villa Park.
The central defender spent nine years with City before making the £6million switch to Villa five weeks ago after the arrival of Kolo Toure and Joleon Lescott at Eastlands.
Dunne powered home a header from Stephen Warnock's centre to break the deadlock but he was content to trot back to the centre circle and was applauded by the City fans for his actions. A second-half goal from Craig Bellamy earned City a share of the spoils.
Dunne said: 'It just seems to happen when you are up against a former club. People seem to score. I don't have a celebration for when I score.
'Usually if I score, it's a surprise. I don't know when it is going to happen. But, as much as it was nice to score my first goal here in front of the Villa fans, I still have to remember how Manchester City have helped me throughout my career.
'You have to remember Man City looked after me for a long time. I enjoyed my time at City and respect the fans and everyone there so it was the right thing to do for me.
'It gave us a good start in the game and unfortunately we couldn't go on to get the second.
'But City are a top side who are going to challenge for the top four this season and, for us to play as well as we did, is a good sign for us.'
