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Blackburn boss Allardyce: Benitez row will not get personal

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 03:00

Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce insists his row with Liverpool rival Rafa Benitez will not get personal.

However, after Benitez's 'Barcelona' jibe, Allardyce insists that this shows he has won the psychological battle.

He said: "You do it to try to get your team in a position to get a result.

"Personal criticism is not the road I go down, and I don't personally criticise Rafa Benitez but I clearly get under his skin and that can be a benefit to my side when we play them."

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