Fergie feels for Bruce

MANCHESTER UNITED sauntered to a deserved win over Birmingham at an expanded Old Trafford, and Alex Ferguson admitted it was agony.

Ferguson’s pain came through a 3-0 triumph achieved at the expense of his faithful old captain Steve Bruce, whose side are moving ever closer to relegation.

It was the second time in eight days United had made one of their illustrious former players suffer, following the defeat of Bryan Robson’s West Brom last weekend.