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'The gaffer doesn't like that story': Manchester United icon Gary Pallister recalls Sir Alex Ferguson merely telling Cantona, 'Eric, you can't go round doing that son', after his kung-fu kick on a fan at Selhurst Park 25 years ago

Four-time Premier League-winning former Manchester United defender Gary Pallister has lifted the lid on Sir Alex Ferguson's early years at Old Trafford, including his understated reaction to Eric Cantona's infamous kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace fan at Selhurst Park 25 years ago.

Pallister was signed from Middlesbrough by Ferguson in 1989, forming a formidable central defensive partnership with Steve Bruce and winning eight major honours before his return to Boro in 1998.

Aside from all of the trophies, one of the most iconic moments from that era was Eric Cantona's attack on the Palace fan in January 1995, which earned the Frenchman an eight-month ban from football as well as an assault conviction.