Vidic: United smarting after derby woe

Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic has admitted Sunday’s 4-1 derby humiliation at Manchester City was a painful experience.

The magnitude of the loss at one stage looked like being so great, manager David Moyes admitted he was forced to make a defensive substitution purely to try and keep the scoreline respectable.

It certainly does not reflect well on Moyes that United suffered such a heavy defeat so early in his reign, and has seen them pushed out to 9/2 third favourites to retain their Premier League title.