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Evra accuses Suarez of racial abuse

Comment: 0 October 17th, 2011 by: admin

DID he or didn’t he?

If Luis Suarez were to be believed, he did not insult Patrice Evra during the Liverpool-Manchester United clash in the Premier League last Saturday.

But Evra insisted the Reds striker racially abused him several times during the highly-charged match at Anfield that ended in a 1-1 standoff.

Coming to the defence of their player, Liverpool on Sunday denied Suarez abused the United defender who was quoted by French and British media after the game that he was verbally offended.

Evra, who said there’s no place for such an act by Suarez in 2011, demanded an investigation into the matter.

“The cameras are there. You can see him say a certain word to me at least ten times,’’ said Evra.

A Liverpool spokesman quoted by the BBC said Suarez has already” categorically denied’’ the allegation.

The club spokesman was quoted by the Observer newspaper as saying: “The first (time) we knew about these allegations was 20 minutes after the final whistle when the manager was asked to go into the referee’s office and told about them. The first thing we did, as you would expect, is ask the player and he has categorically denied using any language of that nature.’’

The Football Association on Saturday said they would probe an alleged “incident’’ at the end of the match involving Suarez and Evra.

An FA statement said referee Andre Milner has susbsequently reported the incident to the association who said they will start making enquiries into the matter.

Suarez said he is upset by the claims of the French international.

In a statement, Suarez said: “I’m upset by the accusations of racism. I can only say that I have always respected everybody. We are all the same. I go to the field with the maximum illusion of a little child who enjoys what he does, not to create conflicts.’’

But Evra told Canal Plus that “Suarez knows what the said, the ref knows it, and it will come out.’’

Comebacking captain Steven Gerrard sent the Reds ahead with a magnificently-struck free kick but a Javier Hernandez header levelled the contest.

 

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