Source: Daily_Mail
Pure contempt: It's a set-up, says 'arrogant' Benitez as crafty Sir Alex stokes the fire
Sir Alex Ferguson last night declared open war on Rafael Benitez with a bizarre andapparently premeditated attack on the Liverpool manager.
Ferguson's salvo came as his Manchester United team for whom Wayne Rooney is a major doubt with a foot injury prepare to take on Everton in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley tomorrow. The Scot lashed out at Benitez for calling Everton a small club and for a gesture the Liverpool coach allegedly made to Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce last weekend.
Ferguson said: 'There's one thing along with his arrogance that he showed that you can't forgive, and that is his contempt for Sam Allardyce when Liverpool scored their second goal. Did you see it? It was absolute contempt. He went like that (gestures with his arms) as if to say 'game finished'. I don't think Sam Allardyce deserved that.
'To get that kind of contempt, I don't think any other Liverpool manager would ever have done that. But he is beyond the pale. I think you should respect a manager. I don't think you'd ever get me doing something like that. You have to have humility.
