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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Declan Carr

X-rated touchline spats, fans goaded and how Liverpool's rivalry with Chelsea developed

The rivalry between Liverpool and Chelsea may be fierce, but it's one that has developed only over the past 20 years.

Though the clubs have long had cultural differences, the true rivalry didn't begin until Rafa Benitez took over the Reds in 2004.

And it was sparked into life when Jose Mourinho was seen shushing the Liverpool fans as his Chelsea side overcame the Reds in the League Cup final in 2005.

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