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Eric Cantona has admitted that Manchester United would have won one more Premier League title had it not been for him.
The Old Trafford legend has revisited one of the most infamous nights of his controversial career and revealed his regret at letting Sir Alex Ferguson and his team-mates down.
Speaking about the night he leapt over an advertising hoarding at Selhurst Park to kung-fu kick Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons in January 1995, Cantona has stopped short of apologising for the incident but says he feels sorry that his subsequent nine-month ban from the game contributed towards United losing the title by a point to Blackburn.
Eric Cantona insists he doesn't regret kicking a Crystal Palace fan 27 years ago at Selhurst Park
Cantona though does feel guilty that United went on to lose the title by a solitary point
‘I think when a player is missing you can play one game without that player,’ said Cantona.
‘But if you don’t play with one of with one of those players for a few weeks I think it can make the difference.
‘We didn’t win it because we are all used to playing together and one piece was missing. If it had been Schmeichel or Irwin, Paul Ince or Roy Keane, it would have been exactly the same.
‘It’s why we lost it so it was my fault. I don’t regret the thing I did. I feel guilty because we didn’t win the League.’
Cantona’s views on that night are revealed in a new book to commemorate 30 years of the Premier League.
The former French international, now 56, played for United between 1992 and 1997, when the competition as it is now was in its infancy. He is commonly accepted as one of the Premier League’s most influential figures
Blackburn Rovers would pip United to the title despite losing on the final day to Liverpool
Talking more about that night in South London, Cantona revealed he almost felt a perverse kind of pleasure after what happened.
‘I remember the feeling in the dressing room after,’ Cantona tells the book, called Fever Pitch – The Rise of the Premier League.
‘It’s an experience and a wonderful experience. It’s great to have a situation like this, you know, to learn a lot of things. Learn about yourself, learn about others.
‘I
