Source: Telegraph
Sam Allardyce uses ProZone to refute Rafa Benitez's Blackburn jibes
The two managers have been embroiled in a war of words since 2004, when the Spaniard suggested that Allardyce's Bolton pushed the physical side of the game beyond acceptable limits.[LNB]Benítez intensified the feud when he sarcastically claimed that European champions Barcelona 'are thinking of copying' the Blackburn manager's blueprint.[LNB] Related ArticlesCPS: no one charged over fan's deathLiverpool 2 Blackburn 1Liverpool to offer Mascherano new dealLife through a lensGerrard silent in play but not directivesSport on televisionAllardyce, angry at referee Alan Wiley's decision to book five Blackburn players and one from Liverpool, has since reviewed a technical breakdown of the game by the sports analysts, ProZone.[LNB]The data shows that Blackburn's pass completion rate of 75 per cent was only marginally short of Liverpool's 75.7 per cent.[LNB]Blackburn also spent more time in the attacking final third than Benitez's team.[LNB]Allardyce has told colleagues that the statistics refute Benitez's comments and support his own belief that Liverpool's style of play is no different to Blackburn's.[LNB]Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has agreed a new contract at Anfield that will tie him to the club until June 2015.[LNB]
