We never thought we’d see the day that Liverpool fans would be defending Christian Benteke to the hilt.
But when he’s up against a Manchester United player, Benteke is definitely the much lesser of two evils in the minds of Reds supporters.
Benteke hasn’t done an awful lot since arriving at Anfield last summer from Aston Villa and his only stand-out moment came against bitter rivals United when he scored one of the goals of the season.
The big Belgian’s overhead kick was memorable to say the least but it only came in second place in the Premier League Goal of the Season standings, as Anthony Martial’s gorgeous finishing touch to a wonderful team move against Stoke was considered the best of the bunch.
And the PL Goal Cup winner is….#GoalCupMartialhttps://t.co/AYArUG77ze
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 26, 2016
Liverpool fans do not appreciate finishing lower than United and, though they may be used to it in the league, they were furious when Martial was preferred to Benteke here.
@premierleague @AnthonyMartial @ManUtd utter load of bullshit .
— Still BELIEVE !!! (@razourblade1) May 26, 2016
@premierleague lol Bentekes is so much better.
— Emmett (@Em_MCFC) May 26, 2016
@premierleague Absolute joke
— Jüstlfc (@JustLFC_) May 26, 2016
@premierleague hahaha the worst out of the 8 won
— Jack (@Pefectionst) May 26, 2016
@premierleague LOL, Mignolet can score like that
— Reds Direct (@Reds_Direct) May 26, 2016
@premierleague @Odd_Retoz @AnthonyMartial @ManUtd how’s that better then Bentekes over head kick….
— Thabang (@Tkarabo7777) May 26, 2016
@premierleague good team goal by ManU but Benteke’s was better
— Sid (@coolsid833) May 26, 2016
@premierleague absolute farce!! Benteke’s goal was better than Martial’s by miles!!! This goal cup is absolutely pointless!! #wasted #boo
— Mux Amillion™ (@Muxington) May 26, 2016
@premierleague @AnthonyMartial @ManUtd only reason benteke didn’t win was cos it was againt man utd
— Davetheblade ⚽ (@boothy91) May 26, 2016
@premierleague @AnthonyMartial @ManUtd is this some kind of sick joke?!
— Jürgenology (@Continho96) May 26, 2016
@premierleague @AnthonyMartial @ManUtd what a load of shit. A 9 year old could bury that.
— AJLJ (@ajljlfc) May 26, 2016
