Suarez Gets 10Match Ban
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers today claimed the Football Association prejudiced striker Luis Suarez's hearing by an independent panel.
The Uruguay international was handed a 10-match ban - described as "severe" by the Reds boss - for biting Chelsea Branislav Ivanovic.
However, Rodgers questioned the panel's ruling after the Football Association, immediately prior to the hearing, stated the statutory three-match suspension for violent conduct was "insufficient".
"We need to understand what an independent panel is," said the Liverpool manager, who also queried how much of the punishment had been as a result of Suarez's record rather than the actual incident.
"We had been given clear indications by the FA that there was going to be an independent - or so-called independent - case put together and then we would receive what that sanction would be.
The Uruguay international was handed a 10-match ban - described as "severe" by the Reds boss - for biting Chelsea Branislav Ivanovic.
However, Rodgers questioned the panel's ruling after the Football Association, immediately prior to the hearing, stated the statutory three-match suspension for violent conduct was "insufficient".
"We need to understand what an independent panel is," said the Liverpool manager, who also queried how much of the punishment had been as a result of Suarez's record rather than the actual incident.
"We had been given clear indications by the FA that there was going to be an independent - or so-called independent - case put together and then we would receive what that sanction would be.
