Premier League - Ferguson condemns 'disgrace' Suarez

Sat, 11 Feb 16:46:00 2012

Luis Suarez should never play for Liverpool again after refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed.

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Ferguson was speaking after United's 2-1 Premier League win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, which was overshadowed by Suarez's pre-match snub of Evra.

The Uruguayan, who was banned for eight matches for racially abusing Evra last October, ignored the United captain's outstretched hand, moving straight to David De Gea.

Evra attempted to grab Suarez's arm, but the striker shrugged him off. Rio Ferdinand, next in line to De Gea, then refused to shake Suarez's hand.

Ferguson said: "I could not believe it, I just could not believe it.

"He's a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club, that certain player should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again.

"The history that club's got and he does that and in a situation like today could have caused a riot. I was really disappointed in that guy, it was terrible what he did."

"It created a tension, you've seen the referee didn't know what to do about it.

"It caught him off guard. It was a terrible start to the game, a terrible atmosphere it created."

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There was further trouble at half-time, when several players were involved in a confrontation in the tunnel.

The final whistle prompted wild celebrations from Evra, who was led off the pitch by security staff.

Ferguson said of Evra's exuberant reaction: "He shouldn't have done that."

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish initially tried to play down the incident before getting involved in an angry exchange with Sky Sports reporter Geoff Shreeves

Dalglish said: "I never knew he never shook his hand. I don't know, I wasn't there, I never saw it. We haven't looked at the handshakes, but that's contrary to what I was told."

However, when Shreeves put it to Dalglish that the incident led to confrontations later in the match, the Liverpool manager lost his cool, saying: "I think you're very severe and I think you're bang out of order to blame Luis Suarez for anything that happened here today."

Dalglish then bizarrely suggested Sky was to blame, pointing out the relative lack of trouble at the clubs' recent FA Cup match which was screened by another broadcaster.

Suarez later tweeted: "We lost and we are sad because we have made a big effort... Disappointed because everything is not that it seems..."

Meanwhile, Ferdinand explained his decision not to shake Suarez's hand, saying: "I lost all respect for the guy. After seeing what he did, I decided I couldn't shake his hand."

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  1. Wasn't there some scandal about Ferguson a few­ years ago, he tried to get off with some woman on his­ travels. Perhaps he thinks we have all forgotten.

    From a fed fan, on Fri 9 Mar 8:46

  2. Wasn't there some scandal about Ferguson a few­ years ago, he tried to get off with some woman on his­ travels. Perhaps he thinks we have all forgotten.

    From a fed fan, on Fri 9 Mar 8:46

  3. Wasn't there some scandal about Ferguson a few­ years ago, he tried to get off with some woman on his­ travels. Perhaps he thinks we have all forgotten.

    From a fed fan, on Fri 9 Mar 8:46

  4. Ferguson is a disgrace, look how he called the­ German's cheats last year ! just because they­ beat his precious united.

    From a fed fan, on Fri 9 Mar 8:42

  5. ferguson you dont have Right to say that on any­ Liverpool player

    From Steve, on Fri 9 Mar 3:22

  6. just look at the recent history of man utd under alex­ red nose ferguson and laugh at his double standards,the­ guy should retire now or learn to keep mouth &­ brain in gear.
    look up the crowd kicking karate antics­ by the frenchman cantana,the antics of rooney the­ looney,and what of ryan giggs?.
    typical man united­ double standards,the only double they will get this­ year.

    From Freddybee, on Fri 9 Mar 2:19

  7. Really Ferguson? How about a Man U player who kicks a­ fan, or one who deliberatley injures an ex Man U player­ in a game, or one who misses a drug test, or how about­ the one who shags his brothers wife as well as other­ women. So it's alright for these players but not­ Suarez, he's a disgrace! Clean up your own­ backyard Ferguson before trying to do someone elses.

    From edward, on Fri 9 Mar 0:30

  8. Appatantley during the 1986 Sir Alex refused to shjake­ the Uraguanian coaches hand as Scotland went out of the­ world cup after drawing 0-0

    double standards me thinks

    From STEPHEN, on Thu 8 Mar 23:03

  9. Seen too often the drug addicts, brothel creepers, the­ undercover
    antics of Giggs.The covers of his brothers­ wifes bed sanctioned by
    the leader of the pack FERGIE.­ Now watch a mans game RUGBY.

    MAZZA.

    From Mazza Myers, on Thu 8 Mar 22:20

  10. who cares

    From Patrick C, on Thu 8 Mar 21:56

  11. Suarez you`re a big guy. Forget all the jealous black­ monkeys of the French like Evra.

    From Chenwi, on Thu 8 Mar 21:56

  12. suarez will bring disgrace to the so called­ Liverpool,with his 'disgursting' behaviour­ .So,he must admit that it was really a mistake &­ apologize for it for the sake of the club's­ results.

    From Kimutai, on Thu 8 Mar 16:53

  13. evra...dégage,ordure

    From loustic56, on Thu 16 Feb 22:34

  14. genevieve it doesnt matter that suarez refused to shake­ evras hand!!! would you shake someones hand if they got­ you suspened from work for 8 days if you called someone­ who is black, black??? skin colour doesnt mean anything­ we are all human!!! what matters is that these people­ sometimes say he called me black when in fact they are­ black!!! they need to look in the mirror realise the­ colour of thier skin and accept that some people are­ gonna call them names!!! and that they should deal with­ it without crying about it!!! suarez had his reasons­ why to not shake evras hand and the way evra cried when­ suarez refused to shake his hand was unacceptable!!!­ evra should get a 8 match ban for crying like a little­ baby!!!after all it is the premier league not the cry­ baby league!!! take note evra stop crying like a spoilt­ child that aint getting its own way!!!

    From robert, on Tue 14 Feb 4:23

  15. two jokes for the day....... evra and­ ferguson............

    From gazag999, on Tue 14 Feb 2:07

  16. Mind you.Ferdinand forgave Suarez,as it was a great­ assist for Liverpools goal.

    From Rob Taylor, on Tue 14 Feb 1:34

  17. Is time that great grand father Man U coach to retire­ than to chose players for liverpool fc . You have to­ stop being Suarezphobia. Why manU so jealous of saurez­ is he the only great player in the world. Real madrid­ is begging for his signatory . Long live­ Saurez!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long live Liverpool FC.
    Suarez­ Carry On nothing dey happen. We Love All

    From nobility, on Mon 13 Feb 23:38

  18. Ferguson is disgrace and should be sacked because­­ Manure are out of Champions League with mediocre team­­ like Basel, Benfica and Otelul Galati and the loss to­­ Crystal Palace at Old Trafford in the Carling Cup and­­ lets not forget the loss to Liverpool in FA­­ Cup.......come May the loss to Man City for EPL Title,­­ so please get lost before you become an embarrasment­ to­ Manure!!!

    From Muhd, on Mon 13 Feb 23:26

  19. Why is it this is being made so dramatic he just­ didn't shake his hand, did anyone slate Wayne­ Bridge when he refused to shake John Terrys hand­ because he was shagging his missus? No they felt for­ him just because Suarez didn't shake Evra's­ hand we get all upset, Ferdinand saying he didn't­ shake his hand because he lost all respect for the guy­ so i take it he'll never shake hands or talk to JT­ again as he racially abused his brother don't think­ so some how, Evra should be banned or fined just like­ Gary Neville did for something similar he is a disgrace­ to United and should be made to make a public apology­ just like Suarez, one person who is not blameless in­ this is Ferguson he should have spoken to Evra at half­ time and as for Rooney he might aswell have been in the­ Ref's pants he was that close to him all the time­ keeping on in his ear,If it's in the rules that you­ don't shake hands then do him but as it's not­ then let's just give up trying to portray Liverpool­ in such a negative light as both clubs need to learn­ from this,Now let's all wait for Evra's­ apology.

    From Timmo73, on Mon 13 Feb 22:36

  20. The man is a disgrace.

    From Singha, on Mon 13 Feb 22:21
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