'Pathetic': Allardyce names former Liverpool manager as the most annoying he ever faced in the Premier League

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Sam Allardyce has confirmed that former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez was the most irritating he ever faced in the Premier League.Having taken charge of over 500 matches in the division, Allardyce has faced hundreds of managers while in charge of eight different teams.But when asked by Paddy McGuinness on The Good, The Bad & The Football to name the most annoying on the touchline, the 71-year-old did not hesitate to name Liverpool‘s Benitez. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Chris Brunskill/Fantasista Allardyce did not enjoy Benitez’s anticsAllardyce took charge of three different Premier League teams during Benitez’s six-year spell with Liverpool, leading Bolton, Blackburn and Newcastle.With his teams well-known for playing physical, long-ball football, Benitez was no fan of Allardyce.And according to the one-time England boss, the resentment was mutual, as he told McGuiness, he ‘just couldn’t be doing’ with Benitez’s mind games.“Rafa.

Photo by Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Xabi Alonso is not Liverpool’s first choice to take over as manager if Arne Slot is sacked“Total respect for them as managers and what they did with their teams, but I just can’t be doing with what they try and do to me. Or I’m going to go for you.

“He [Benitez] did a two hour video of us timewasting, as if he didn’t time waste! It’s pathetic!”With time-wasting back in vogue in the Premier League this season, Benitez would have found a few more managers to annoy that’s for certain.The Spaniard was certainly not everybody’s cup of tea, but for what he achieved with Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League, he will always be a legend on the red half of Merseyside.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox