(Reuters) - ON THIS DAY -- March 23March 23, 1994SOCCER - Manchester United players surround the referee after forward Eric Cantona was sent off following two bookings in the space of three minutes for fouls on Arsenal's Ian Selley and Tony Adams in a 2-2 Premier League draw at Highbury. It was Cantona's second dismissal in four days -- following his red card for violent conduct in a 2-2 league draw at Swindon Town where he stamped on John Moncur -- and earned the gifted but volatile Frenchman a five-match suspension. March 23, 1995:SOCCER - Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince arrives at Croydon Magistrates Court to go on trial after being accused of assaulting a spectator following a fracas involving his team mate Eric Cantona. Ince was charged with assault on a Crystal Palace fan during a Premier League match at Palace on January 25 that year, but was cleared. The Englishman told magistrates he walked away after Cantona launched a "kung-fu" kick on a Palace fan.

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