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Sam keeps Benitez feud going

01 Mar 2010 - 09:09:27

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Sam Allardyce was in no mood to heal his rift with Rafa Banitez after watching his Blackburn side lose 2-1 at Liverpool in a bad-tempered clash at Anfield on Sunday.

The two men share a loathing of each other stretching back to Allardyce's time at Bolton Wanderers.

Steven Gerrard and El Hadji Diouf exchanged angry words before half-time and had to be separated as they walked off the pitch at the interval, with Allardyce saying after the game: "It's an unfortunate reflection on our performance that we had about 25 fouls and five cards against us.

"But unfortunately when we come to places like this they're very good at swaying things their way.

"Liverpool have a go at me and I'm entitled to respond when I get criticised by Rafa Benitez. If you don't understand that over the last few years you must be deluded.

"Not this time but many other times I've been criticised personally by the manager - all I said was they got six bookings at Manchester City away so they're digging games out now rather than the flowing football they played last year.

"Our problem is that we didn't have a goalscorer to finish off our good work and chances. If we did we'd have had a draw at least.

"That's been our downfall away from home all season. It was disappointing we didn't convert at least one of our openings before Gerrard opened the scoring.

"In the second half we again did more than them but our failure in front of goal cost us."