BEES BUZZING IN EURO HUNT

Ruben kids stung in London

- Mike Walters

YOU can’t win anything with kids = well, not for about the last 30 years, anyway.

And, as Ruben Amorim decorated the road to Bilbao with the ruins of Manchester United’s 16th English Premier League defeat this season, former Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen’s famous soundbite proved accurate.

Don’t fall for any patter about a seven-goal thriller. Brentford put the third-youngest line-up in EPL history to the sword to keep the Bees on the scent of pollen and honey in Europe next season.

West London is a nice day out for a stroll along the towpath or crossing the bridge to see the Great Pagoda in Kew Gardens. But it has often contained all the charms of a minefield for United.

Three years ago, in a prologue to his rancorous exit, Cristiano Ronaldo threw a strop when interim manager Ralf Rangnick dared to substitute him here.