In December 1991, during a match for Nîmes he threw the ball at the referee, having been angered by one of his decisions.
== Življenjepis ==Kljub nekaterim navedbam, da je bil rojen v Marseillu, se je Éric rodil v Parizu staršema Albertu in Eleonore, ki sta se kmalu po njegovem rojstvu preselila v Marseille.