What Sir Alex Ferguson told Manchester United legend Eric Cantona before infamous Kung-Fu kick
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAhead of the release of Wayne Barton's new book entitled 'King Eric - Portrait Of The Artist Who Changed English Football' about Manchester United legend Eric Cantona, MEN Sport are releasing a number of extracts.
This first extract recalls Cantona's infamous Kung-Fu kick during a game between United and Crystal Palace: The sheer, unprecedented, scale of what happened at Selhurst Park on 25th January 1995 meant everyone had an opinion and everyone wanted to voice it.
What was a relatively low-key 1-1 draw in South London has become arguably the most-written about game in Premier League history.
The match had initially followed the template for Manchester United away games over the previous year or so. When then-Palace manager Alan Smith
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