Legendary Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was ruthless when he needed to be, something Steve Bruce knows very well.
Imagine having started five times en route to a domestic cup final and being left out of the squad for the showpiece event at Wembley.
United, however, managed to get the better of their rivals from Merseyside when a trophy was up for grabs, thanks to an 86th-minute winner from Eric Cantona. His fifth goal of the Reds' FA Cup campaign was the most important. Naturally, Ferguson's decision to overlook Bruce for the final left a sour taste in the former centre-back's mouth. He was still the club captain and had started the aforementioned victory at Middlesbrough just one week earlier.
"I didn't want to sit on the bench or be a squad player any more. I made that pretty clear to the manager himself. I left within two or three days and I left under a bit of a cloud.
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