Rarely can a player who had bad-mouthed his club and let it be known via "sources" he wanted to leave have been given such a standing ovation as Wayne Rooney when he was substituted in the 84th minute of Manchester United's 4-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
The Old Trafford faithful stood as one to applaud Rooney, proving that the power of forgiveness comes with goals. Score and everything is OK.
You want to join Chelsea? That's awful — until you score a few goals for United. Rooney's brace against Leverkusen took him to 200 goals for United, who he had, according to "friends," desperately wanted to leave during the summer.