Eric Cantona vs Manchester City | Winning Premier League On His Own |

April 6 – Newcastle 2-1 QPR; Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Of course, while Newcastle may have mentally checked out, United still needed to win the points, and they had a theoretically tough derby against City to face, although it was made slightly easier by Nicky Summerbee completely wiping out Denis Irwin in the seventh minute to concede a penalty. Cantona duly scored, that straight run-up almost impossible for goalkeepers to read, as he sent Eike Immel the wrong way. Mikhail Kavelashvili equalised, but barely a minute later Cantona exchanged a one-two with Cole, waiting, waiting, waiting for the perfect time to play the return, which he did with the perfect weight and Cole scored his first since the Bolton game, scuffing his shot rather but scuffing it into the corner of the net. Schmeichel saved from Kavelashvili with his face, but not long afterwards Rosler lashed a brilliant shot into the corner, and things were level again. It looked like it would need something special to win this one, but s
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