Kenny Dalglish's outburst on Thursday was reminiscent of Rafael Benítez's rant about Sir Alex Ferguson in 2009. Here is a brief reminder

"I want to talk about facts. I want to be clear, I do not want to play mind games too early, although they [Manchester United] seem to want to start. But I have seen some facts."

"During the Respect campaign – and this is a fact – Mr Ferguson was charged by the FA for improper conduct after comments made about Martin Atkinson and Keith Hackett. He was not punished. He is the only manager in the league that cannot be punished for these things."

"At Christmas United played on the 29th and the rest of the teams played on the 28th. We were away against Newcastle two days after playing Bolton. They were playing about 40 hours later, they were not complaining then."

"And about his behaviour with referees. The Southampton manager, he knows how Mr Ferguson works and how he works, he was very clear. I am not playing mind games, just facts."

"All managers need to know is that only Mr Ferguson can talk about the fixtures, can talk about referees and nothing happens. We need to know that I am talking about facts, not my impression. There are things that everyone can see every single week."

"I am not telling the authorities what to do. But I have been here for five years and know how things are going on. I will be watching United's game with Chelsea. The result does not matter to us, if we win at Stoke that result does not matter."

"We had a meeting in Manchester with managers and FA about the Respect campaign. And I was very clear, forget the campaign because Mr Ferguson was killing the referees, killing Mr Atkinson, killing Mr Hackett. But he is not punished. How can you talk about the respect campaign and criticise the referee every single week? You can analyse the facts and come to your own decision and ideas."