Berbatov says Ferdinand used to ‘run his mouth’ at Man Utd but he fired back

Dimitar Berbatov has opened up over the time he put Rio Ferdinand back in his place after "running his mouth".

It comes in light of an on-pitch spat between Marcus Rashford and Harry Maguire against Crystal Palace.

As Manchester United failed to get any momentum going, the centre-back took issue with his compatriot's play.

The Red Devils captain was unhappy with Rashford being offside, which led to an expletive-laden argument between the two.

Of course, this is not the first time there have been clashes from players on the same team and will not be the last.

And Berbatov has recalled his own experience with Ferdinand when the two were at United under Sir Alex Ferguson.

He told Betfair : "In the match against Crystal Palace things got a little heated with Marcus Rashford and Harry Maguire, but I like that.

"It's good in a game to have that fire and passion to fight. Aggression shows you are passionate, and you care about the game. You don't want to be silent, because that tells me you don't care.

"Of course, things like this need to stay on the pitch, although you might carry it on a little bit in the changing room, but as long as it doesn't interfere with your commitment to the team, it's ok.

"These things happened to me when I was playing. I'd tell defenders how to do their job and defenders would tell me how to do my job when I wasn't scoring goals.

"When things aren't going right in a game and you think your teammates can do more and you are running high on adrenalin, you need to push and push and even argue with teammates if necessary.

"I had it a lot in my career, arguing and screaming with teammates, and I'm fine with it. It's all for the purpose of helping the team to win games.

"Rio (Ferdinand) used to always run his mouth and tell everyone what to do, I used to give it back to him by telling him how to defend and to pass it to me, to my feet, instead of clearing the ball high.

"It's always good to put a bit of fire in your teammates, it's a two-way street and when you play on that to help you win it's a good thing."

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