Premier League - Ferguson dismisses 'ridiculous' Benitez

Eurosport - Mon, 12 Jan 10:22:00 2009

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson hit back at Liverpool counterpart Rafael Benitez, describing the Spaniard's extraordinary verbal attack on him as 'ridiculous'.

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Benitez accused Ferguson of getting away with comments about referees during a four-minute monologue, also saying the Scot was nervous because Liverpool are top of the league.

After United thrashed Chelsea 3-0 on Sunday to close the gap to Liverpool to five points with two games in hand, Ferguson dismissed Benitez's comments.

"Well, I think you've got to cut through the venom of it," Ferguson told Sky Sports.

"Hopefully he'll reflect and understand that what he was saying was ridiculous.

"I think he was an angry man and was disturbed and that's all I want to say about it.

"At this moment in time I just want to concentrate on chasing the leaders who are Liverpool."

Reuters

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  1. I think Sir Alex and Chief Benitez have started playing­ their mind games.

    From SoBarikor, on Mon 12 Jan 12:42PM

  2. briansharman the OFFICIAL UEFA champions league website­ confirms it as the same competition, you can not have­ any more proof than that so phuck off you dirty Manc,­ you have been proved wrong.

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Mon 12 Jan 12:35PM

  3. ashin #216
    you obviously only look at Liverpool news­ once in a long while.
    Finnan is gone.
    And Hyypia has­ been around for about 500 years.
    (Yeah, and maybe he­ looks it, too, OK)
    And don't count your Manure­ chickens before they're hatched.
    Mancs have had­ their decade, and it's about over.
    YNWA

    From yankeered9119, on Mon 12 Jan 12:35PM

  4. Methinks ol' Rafa is getting giddy up there on top­ - don't worry, MU are coming to rescue you!!

    From Si, on Mon 12 Jan 12:35PM

  5. geo_clayton, the trophy or cup is not the same but even­ if it was, your point is seriousl flawed. If you now­ have to follow different qualification routes and­ playing formats to arrive at "The Cup", how­ on earth can this be the same?

    From BRIAN, on Mon 12 Jan 12:28PM

  6. Also briansharman go to the offical UEFA website for­ the champions league and it lists previous winners­ dating back to 1955, now are you saying you know better­ than the creators of the tournament? haha this is all­ the evidence that you need to prove you were wrong and­ that you are an idiot. Your next post should be an­ appology to me.

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Mon 12 Jan 12:23PM

  7. comment 217 referring to comment 190.

    From Antony, on Mon 12 Jan 12:16PM

  8. briansharman, The European Cup and The Champions League­ have the EXACT same trophy for the winner of the­ competition, it doesn't matter if the competition­ has a different name or layout. it has the same­ TROPHY,do you understand now ?

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Mon 12 Jan 12:15PM

  9. walkingsex1 just goes to show just how good man u were­ back then even notts forest & a.villa won it but no­ mention of man u IDIOT???? referring to comment 195.

    From Antony, on Mon 12 Jan 12:10PM

  10. Rafa sux! SAF is far more experienced than him.He has­ managed the club for over 20 years..compare to SAF,Rafa­ is just a newbie.everyone in this world knows how great­ SAF is.Liverpool keep talking about the past ,damn­ @#$%! during the old time around 80s they were­ great.but now they'r rubbish! keep changing their­ players every years.i can say that the only players­ that left in Liverpool since 2005 now is finnan,gerrard­ & carragher.

    From KrazyDoll7, on Mon 12 Jan 12:02PM

  11. For all you brain-dead scousers, let me explain­ something. Cup competitions such as the Carling Cup etc­ only change by name as a result of a change in sponsor.­ The actual playing format is exactly the same. This is­ not the same when you compare the old European Cup with­ the Champions League. The qualification structure is­ entirely different and the name of the present­ competition really should give you a clue. It is now a­ league structure followed by a knock-out stage. The­ four top teams from each European League are admitted­ to the Champions League whereas only the top team from­ each league was admitted to play in the European Cup.­ Can you not see the difference?

    From BRIAN, on Mon 12 Jan 12:00PM

  12. Everybody who has the record for the most coca cola­ cups, briansharman needs to know hahahaha, also who has­ won the Milk Cup the most as it's a different­ tournament to the Carling Cup apparently hahaha what a­ nob you are briansharman!

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Mon 12 Jan 11:38AM

  13. These ManUre fans are just like their manager playing­ mind games.Do they think winning chelsea is topping the­ league?Liverpool is still @ the top and we aint­ counting our chicken still in the yolk as Fegie and his­ fans are doing now

    From Standard Cyber C, on Mon 12 Jan 11:36AM

  14. briansharman you are a @#$%, the European Cup is the­ same competition as the Champions League, it just has a­ different name and a different layout, you are a idiot.­ So your saying we should catergorise the league cup­ every two years because it gets called something­ different, used to be the coca cola cup, now it's­ the carling cup, and it's had many other names,­ there is only 1 name for you tho and that's dumb.

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Mon 12 Jan 11:32AM

  15. Walking...1, we've won it ten times since its­ introduction. This year's plan it to make it eleven­ (11) so that our honourable Giggs...11 can retire in­ style. Do you love that?

    From Majoser, on Mon 12 Jan 11:32AM

  16. Football is not a beauty contest Ian.

    From Majoser, on Mon 12 Jan 11:27AM

  17. liverpool fans live on past glories because they know­ they have no chance of winning the league fact, must be­ hard to accept. istanbul luckiest team ever. cheers for­ keeping topspot warm for manutd. ferguson will make­ rafa look a fool..................

    From dnlvaccaro, on Mon 12 Jan 11:25AM

  18. The brain-dead geo_clayton is still getting it wrong.­ Liverpool won the old European Cup four times and have­ won the Champions League once. They have not won the­ The European Cup or the Champions League five times.­ The European Cup is long since dead and it is now­ impossible for any team to claim a win. Get real and­ understand that we are now in the era of the Champions­ League which United have won twice and Liverpool have­ won once. Facts, facts and facts again. We know that Mr­ Benitez likes to deal with facts.

    From BRIAN, on Mon 12 Jan 11:24AM

  19. Ian G, what would you rather have, 9 soon to be 10­ Premiership trophies, or good looking players. Are you­ gay?

    From walkingsex1, on Mon 12 Jan 11:22AM

  20. geo clayton yet again you make a fool of yourself.­ Spurs fans sang a German's name (Klinsman) every­ week. Doesn't mean they think Germany is great,­ does it? In fact Spurs fans hate Germany. So what is­ your stupid point?

    From walkingsex1, on Mon 12 Jan 11:21AM
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