Eric Cantona has mocked Liverpool fans, saying Manchester United “always won” when he played for them.
Cantona enjoyed five stellar years as a player for United, joining from Leeds in 1992, and inspiring the club to a first top-flight title in 26 years in his first season.
The Frenchman would go on to win another three Premier League titles and two FA Cups before retiring from the game in 1997.
He was a key figure in the success of Alex Ferguson’s early United side, and you can read his Portrait of an Icon piece here. It’s great.
Cantona had a particularly impressive record against the club’s arch-rivals, Liverpool. United played ten games against the Reds during the forward’s spell at Old Trafford, winning six of ten games, and suffering just two defeats.
Now 50 years old, he remembers the meetings fondly – particularly the 1996 FA Cup final, in which he scored the winning goal against Roy Evans’ side.
“You should ask Liverpool fans whether I ever had a poor game against their team. United always won,” he told the New Straits Times.
“The goal in the FA Cup final against Liverpool is my greatest ever. I volleyed home the winning goal.
“The 1992-93 season was special, as United finished as league champions for the first time in 26 years. And the following season, we won it __with many young players in the team.”