Mourinho v Benitez

Benitez

The rivalry between Chelsea and Liverpool reached boiling point following the ‘ghost goal’ that saw the Reds progress past the Blues in the 2004/05 Champions League.

After Mourinho left Stamford Bridge in 2008, following two Premier League title wins, the Portuguese said of his Spanish rival:


“How many championships has Benitez won since he joined Liverpool? None. And how many names were suggested by the press to replace him? None.”

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.