Deadly Eric's triple strike
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Cantona ruthlessly exposed Tottenham's defensive limitations as Leeds bounced back from their shock 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough three days ago. Cantona, who helped himself to a hat-trick against Liverpool in the season-opening Charity Shield earlier this month, played a part in all five goals.
The first owed much to the controversial backpass rule. Cantona had the ball whipped off his toes and played back to Eric Thorstvedt. However, the Norwegian keeper's footwork let him down and Rod Wallace nipped in to score from an acute angle.
That was the cue for Cantona to take charge with goals in the 26th, 31st and 47th minutes. His first and third were drilled home with deadly accuracy, while his second was a perfectly placed header from David Batty's chipped pass. As Spurs capitulated meekly, Cantona unselfishly turned goalmaker again to put Lee Chapman in for Leeds fifth when he might have scored himself.
Summaries of English Premier League soccer matches on Tuesday: Crystal Palace 1 (Eric Young 41st minute) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Paul Williams 66th) Halftime 1-0. Attendance 14,005
Everton 1 (Mo Johnston 88th) Aston Villa 0. 0-0. 22,372 Ipswich 2 (Jason Dozzell 56th, Chris Kiwomya 90th) Liverpool 2 (Mark Walters 39th, Jan Molby 70th penalty) 0-1. 20,109
Leeds 5 (Rod Wallace 19th, Eric Cantona 26th, 31st, 47th, Lee Chapman 66th) Tottenham 0. 3-0. 28,218 Sheffield United 2 (Paul Beesley 48th, Glyn Hodges 67th) Wimbledon 2 (Warren Barton 34th, Dean Holdsworth 74th) 0-1. 15,463
