Carragher said: "What Rafa has done this season surpasses, without any doubt, what any other manager has done. Jose Mourinho has won the league for Chelsea in his first season and made a real impact in England. But it doesn't come even close to winning the European Cup in your first season.
"It has been very difficult in the Premiership for us but Rafa's experience of Europe has made us champions. I know Mourinho likes to tell people that he is the European champion manager but he's not now. That belongs to Benitez.
"Now Rafa can go and tell any press conference he likes, as Jose did, that he's the true champion. Mourinho can't say that any more. So is Rafa the special one too? Well, he is to Liverpool fans."