The Premier League is theatre. And like all good productions, it gives us moments that leave us emotionally stunned, exhausted, and struggling to comprehend what we just saw.

Case in point, these five shocking English football matches.

25 January 1995: Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United

An otherwise mundane 1-1 match between United and Crystal Palace became one of the Premier League's most infamous when Eric Cantona unleashed a flying kung fu kick into the chest of Palace supporter Matthew Simmons. Before being pulled away by teammates and security, Cantona followed up his kick with a series of punches.

Being heckled by the 20-year old (who claims to have said nothing more than ''Off you go...it's an early bath for you!") was enough to boil over The King, who had just been sent off for a rough challenge on Richard Shaw. Although in the aftermath Cantona was banned from football for eight months, fined £20,000, stripped of his French captaincy, and spent two weeks in jail, he claims it's the highlight of his career: "'I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan."

2 April 2005: Newcastle 0-3 Aston Villa

Both Villa and Newcastle supporters have seen their fare share of comically bad performances this century, but this one will be hard to top. Nothing too eventful happened until defender Steven Taylor committed a deliberate handball to try and spare Newcastle a goal. Villa made it 2-0 on the ensuing penalty, then scored on another penalty after Stephen Carr body checked Darius Vassell inside the box.

That's when things really came off the hinge. During a normal run of play in the 73rd, two Newcastle players got into a verbal argument which quickly descended into into literal fisticuffs at midfield. The trigger was Lee Bowyer telling Kieron Dyer he wasn't passing to him because "you're s*** basically", which sent Dyer over the edge and forced referee Barry Knight to send both players off. Most shockingly, Newcastle went on to play their most productive defense of the match with just eight men.

30 October 2012: Reading 5-7 Arsenal

Among many reasons, football is amazing because a single match can be unforgettable for one club, an endless source of embarrassment for another, and straight up hilarity for the neutrals. Even though it was just a fourth round Carling Cup match and he was fielding a soft lineup, Arsene Wenger looked visibly le pissed on the sideline when his Gunners fell behind 4-0 to Reading in the first 35 minutes.

Slowly, Arsenal began to chip away at the lead until it was it was 4-3 in the final minutes. Olivier Giroud then scored an equalizer in the sixth minute of the designated four minutes of added time, triggering an extra period of play. There, Marouane Chamakh gave the Gunners their first lead of the match. This was erased minutes later, but Arsenal would produce two more goals in injury time to win 5-7 in what Wenger calls the most extraordinary match of his career.

21 April 2013: Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea

When Luis Suarez transferred to Liverpool from Ajax in 2011, most were aware of the striker's sometimes strange behaviour that included biting an opponent's shoulder in an Eredivisie match. But lots can be brushed aside when you score lots of goals, and Reds supporters were in for a heavy dose of both sides of the Uruguayan. After conceding a penalty via handball at the other end that gave Chelsea the lead in a late 2012/13 EPL match, Suarez sought to redeem himself.

While Stevie G tried to keep a ball in play near the end line, inside the box Suarez grabbed Branislav Ivanovic and took a big chomp on his arm. Since the referees missed the incident, Suarez was allowed to remain in the game and eventually score a dramatic equaliser in the 97th. Although he was later suspended, his repeat offense prompted many large sportsbooks (some of which are found under CasinoOnline.co.uk) to list 175/1 odds that Suarez would bite someone at 2014 World Cup, which some punters were rewarded handsomely for.

6 February 2016: Manchester City 1-3 Leicester

This match needs little set up, other than that in the Premier League's history, many underdogs and non-top 4/5/6 clubs had made a early run at the title only to fizzle out after Christmas. But Leicester weren't just any underdogs, they were 5000/1 underdogs, and this match at second-place City was the wakeup moment for any football fans that still doubted the Foxes in February 2016.

With a squad worth a fraction of City's, the indomitable Leicester took a commanding 3-0 lead in the first hour of play thanks goals from Robert Huth (2) and Riyad Mahrez. The eventual 3-1 win stunned the football world more than it already was, putting Leicester five points clear of City and in the driver's seat to complete one of the sports' most unbelievable stories.