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01/11/97 v Leicester (h) 3-3 Premiership

This was the game that a Des Hamilton shot went in off Jon-Dahl Tomasson's arse and Bez headed in a last minute equaliser.

"It was definitely Des Hamilton's goal. I think it was Peter Beardsley who suggested we should credit it to Jon-Dahl because he was going through such a bad time. He was a nice lad but seemed to lose all confidence after he missed that chance in his first game against Sheff Wed. He'd been great in pre-season but that miss seemed to really sap his confidence.

He was a bit lightweight and easily knocked off the ball in training and he also seemed to be trying too hard. He didn't take criticism very well and some of the lads would often take the mickey in training, saying, "I'm having a Jon-Dahl Tomasson today." It was nothing personal - we used to say that about a few players, like Brian Kilcline in 5-a-side games. "I'm having a Killer," became the catchphrase when you had a bad 5-a-side but Killer laughed along with us. Jon-Dahl seemed to take it to heart a bit and it obviously affected his game.

"When that ball was floated over to me in the last minute everything seemed to go into slow motion. They are often the hardest ones to finish - if it's a hard cross and it flies in off you then it looks spectacular but they are actually less easy to miss. I remember thinking I just wanted to get it on target and make a decent connection to give it a bit of power. Luckily it ended up going just where I wanted it to and it almost felt like I'd scored the winner because it was so late in the game.

All quotes are taken from John Beresford's interviews for NUFC.com