Sir Alex Ferguson has done little to dampen his public dispute
with Rafa Benitez by querying why the Spaniard used his press
conference ahead of the Champions League tie with Chelsea to focus
on the Manchester United manager.
Benitez memorably launched into an attack on Ferguson in
January, presenting what he infamously called the ‘facts’ about the
United manager’s conduct with match officials and addressing his
opponent’s misgivings about the fixture list.
The Reds boss also claimed ahead of his side’s 3-1 defeat to
Chelsea that Ferguson was ‘scared’ of Liverpool’s resurgence
following their impressive 4-1 win at Old Trafford and that the
Scot would be supporting the Merseysiders in the Champions League
tie.
While Benitez was responding to questions put to him in the open
forum of a press conference, Ferguson is bemused as to why his name
was brought up once again.
"If you ask me a question about other teams, I'll give you an
opinion. There's no fault in that,” said Ferguson.
"Arsene Wenger was talking about Manchester United a couple of
weeks ago when he was asked a question and he gave a fair
answer.
"But the interesting thing as far as Rafa Benitez is concerned
is that he's got a European tie [against Chelsea] and he's talking
about Alex Ferguson.
“Fantastic. I didn't know I was that important."
When asked whether he felt he had got under Benitez’s skin,
Ferguson smiled and replied: "I have no more comment to make."