Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson left Wayne Rooney out of his first XI and made five changes for the Barclays Premiership clash with Birmingham at St Andrews.
The England striker was on the substitutes’ bench after playing two World Cup qualifiers in the space of four days against Wales and Azerbaijan.
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