Soccer: Goals cannot mask Diego's deficiencies

I’M sure the doctors treating Sir Alex Ferguson’s heart condition will have warned him to avoid too much stress and excitement, so how delightful that his next opponents were those masters of boredom, Aston Villa.

The only electric zapping one needed on Saturday was to help stay awake in between goals.

Ten years ago, when the marvellous Ron Atkinson ruled Birmingham, I used to look forward to United-Villa matches almost as much as I did the derbies.

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