Bruce seethes after demolition derby

LIAM RIDGEWELL was touched by the cruellest hand of fate not once but twice yesterday as Aston Villa stole the plaudits, and the points, in a typically frenetic second city derby.

The Birmingham captain endured the nightmare which haunts every footballer when he put through his own net against his former club, and that after just eight minutes.

As if that was not harsh enough, his 84th-minute header which might have won the match was cleared off the line just two minutes before Villa swept upfield and Gabriel Agbonlahor scored what proved to be the decisive goal.