Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has told Canal + he began to lose respect for Jose Mourinho after a 2011 news conference in which his then coach compared him to a cat.
Speaking on documentary "LeKBenzema," he revealed his irritation over the remark.
Mourinho told reporters: "If I can't hunt with a dog, I will hunt with a cat. With a dog you hunt more and you hunt better.
"But if you have not got a dog and you have got a cat, you hunt with a cat."
Benzema said it had been the cue for what had been "a good relationship" to begin showing strain.