Luis Suarez’ Liverpool team mates have spoken out in defence of the forward who’s reputation they feel counts against him when it comes to refereeing decisions.
Reds captain Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and even Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers have all expressed their belief Suarez is being treated unfairly by officials. The suggestion is that Suarez previous misdemeanors are affecting referees decisions, who presume the Uruguayan is diving.
Gerrard and Johnson’s comments come after the forward had a penalty claim turned down in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United, though it looked like a legitimate foul. That came after Suarez was booked for going down in the area under a challenge from John O’Shea in the Reds previous Premier League game.
Admittedly, it is in both players interests for their team mate to start getting penalty decisions. But they do have a point.
Gerrard in particular summed up the issue perfectly. He said: “It is down to the referees to not judge him and give what they see- if it’s not a penalty then don’t give him one but if it’s clear give it.”
Frustratingly, the collision with Johnny Evans looked as if Suarez should have got the decision. If a player is brought down unfairly, there is no contact with the ball and the tackle is against the laws of the game, it’s a foul. No matter what wrongdoings they have previously committed.
However, as the Liverpool skipper so rightly asked the referees have got to give what they see. Mark Halsey was not convinced it was a foul and until video technology is introduced we have to accept that officials can get things wrong. Only he will know if Suarez’s reputation influenced his decision. You would hope that it didn’t.
The Liverpool number seven has certainly been unlucky with recent decisions but it is easy to say it’s because the referees have already made their minds up about him. If they have, that’s wrong and it’s not good for the game. But these things tend to even themselves out over a season and hopefully Suarez will win a penalty the next time a foul is committed against him.
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look at the refs with suarez from the game after man u last season when fergie said he dives no level out from that game on the refs have took fergie as there boss and discriminated against him.suarez will get looked after for a few weeks because its on sky and in the papers then it will go back to discrimination again u can put money on that
To say that these poor decision ‘even themselves out’ is at best to be totally naive and at worst to allow it to continue in the hope that another referee will make a similarly poor decision FOR the wronged team.
I hate to hear that rubbish decisions even themselves out because they don’t. Man Utd have had 2 or 3 decisions go their way recently (one penalty decision each end against Liverpool, for instance) and then they got one go against them when Nani probably should have been given a penalty. I bet that’s the last debatable decision at Old Trafford they don’t get.
Has been that way for years – everyone in football knows it.
The ref that gave the “wrong decision” at OT yesterday has been sacked by Fergie, but he had already been replaced by Halsey last week.
Sorry Ken, whether it is on Sky or not it will make no difference, The refs are doing what they are told to do by their employer, and that ain’t the FA, well not the legitimate one. EUAFA need to come down on our refs like a ton of bricks, they are as crooked as the Italian ones, maybe more so.
The mindset of referres tend to show they r being influenced negatively since the racial issue , fergie told they dn,t get penalty at Anfield no doubt hasley was influenced n i.c.w with suarez oh this guy has the habit to dive it,s nothing else obviously he would see any penalty
I’d love to see footage of Suarez diving without contact….
I can show plenty of Rooney, scholes, young and welbeck….
Yet what does reputation have to being fouled again?
If your fouled its a foul right ?
No matter who you are… Or so I thought :/
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Bunch of cheats!