Chelsea’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will quickly want to forget about his humiliating return to Arsenal – and he’s not the only player who was humbled when revisiting his old stomping ground.
Aubameyang was recalled to Chelsea’s starting XI in the hope that narrative alone would see him strike a fatal blow to Arsenal’s title hopes.
But the reality was altogether more damning; the Gabon international was taken off at half-time with Chelsea three goals down and having made just nine touches. Four of those were from kick-offs.
We’ve trawled through the archives to find four more stars that suffered a true humbling at the hands of their former employers.
Thomas Brolin
Forget Seth Johnson or Weston McKennie; there’s a strong argument that Brolin was Leeds’ worst signing of the Premier League era.
Bought from Parma in 1995, Brolin’s latent ability on the pitch and very-strong ability to demolish a plate of hash browns ensured his stay at Elland Road was a miserable one.
So Leeds fans travelling to Selhurst Park for a match against Crystal Palace in 1998 were eager to see their side get one over their rotund former striker.
After five minutes, Brolin had to come off after a collision with Bruno Ribeiro, which left him dazed and needing stitches to a head wound.
While he was receiving treatment, Leeds scored. Brolin, determined to upset his former team, returned to the field six minutes later, only to see his natty bandage knocked clean off his head.
Leeds fans chortled with glee – and the lads on Soccer Saturday couldn’t help themselves either.
Palace vs Leeds from 1998. An absolute stinker of a day for poor Tomas Brolin.
He’s been knocked silly, he’s playing shite, and even the commentators are having a giggle.
Sometimes life just kicks you in the plums.pic.twitter.com/MpzHb7tBTC
— A Funny Old Game (@sid_lambert) February 8, 2021
Carlos Tevez
You’ll know all remember Tevez’s switch from Manchester United to their noisy neighbours in 2009 – and the proactive poster that accompanied the move – so his return to Old Trafford early in the 2009-10 season was box-office viewing.
The Argentinian scamp did set up one of City’s three equalisers that afternoon, and received plenty of pantomime boos from the home fans, but ended up on the losing side when Michael Owen scored a dramatic injury-time winner.
With a face like a thousand smacked arses, Tevez looked like his greatest desire was that the ground would swallow him up….
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