Aaron Ramsey: Scores vs. Former Club, Cardiff City, Doesn't Celebrate

Aaron Ramsey can’t stop scoring for Arsenal. The Welsh midfielder scored his 12th goal in all competitions today vs. Cardiff City — his boyhood club via very nice flicked header from inside the box. Ramsey was applauded on social media for refraining from celebrating against the ~~Blue Birds~~ Dragons(?) and cheered by the Cardiff fans inside the stadium for his restraint.

It’s a little hard to believe this celebrate/non-celebration against your former clubs is still a topic for soccer fans. We’ve had professionalism in sports since the late 1800s. Guys are going to play — and score — against their former teams. Ramsey is an Arsenal player and wants to help Arsenal win.

It’s really not that big a deal, unless you take it to the extremes of Emmanuel Adebayor a few seasons back.

There has to be a happy medium in the mix.

In any event, great pass by Mesut Özil, naturally, to set the goal up. Arsenal would take a temporary seven-point lead in the Premier League table if the 1-0 scoreline holds up.