Benitez and Mourinho in verbal spat after 1-1 draw

By Jeremy Butler

LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - Jose Mourniho and Rafael Benitez were involved in a verbal spat on Sunday after Chelsea held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

Chelsea got a barely deserved point when referee Rob Styles awarded them a second half penalty after Florent Malouda fell into the unlucky Steve Finnan.

Frank Lampard converted the spot kick in the 62nd minute to cancel out Fernando Torres' well-taken first half goal, scored on his home debut.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said he felt the referee had been intimidated by Chelsea's players and had "cracked".

Blues manager Mourinho defended his players by calling them "pure" before Benitez questioned that statement.

After being told of Gerrard's comments, Mourinho said: "I think I have a naive team because we don't have divers, don't have violent people, nasty tacklers and don't have people diving in the swimming pool. Chelsea are a pure and naive team."

Benitez told reporters: "You can check the team and see how many players they have that do things he says they do not do.

"I don't like to give names but I remember situations in past years and today you can see players talking all the time."