Just over seven years after Luis Suarez sank his teeth into former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, a former Liverpool defender has now revealed what the Uruguay star told his teammates in the dressing room after the incident.
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Suarez was infamously handed a 10-match ban after biting Ivanovic on the shoulder during a Premier League clash between the Reds and the Blues in 2013 – an offence he had previously committed during his time at Ajax Amsterdam and one he would later repeat on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Former Liverpool vice-captain Jamie Carragher has now revealed that the Uruguay international initially tried to deny biting Ivanovic, which had not been seen by officials during the match, when asked about what had happened by his teammates in the dressing room after the game.
"When he came in the dressing room – I think we were starting to see things going on and things getting said to us about stuff that had gone on – Luis actually denied it at first!" Carragher told Sky Sports.
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"Maybe he hoped the cameras hadn't picked it up. But I actually think that it had a massive effect on Liverpool next season. I think Suarez then got a seven- or eight-game ban, and I think he missed the first four or five games of the following season.
"That was the season Liverpool almost won the title, Suarez was the best player in the league. But there were two games Liverpool dropped points in, I think it was at home to Southampton they lost 1-0 and they drew away at Swansea, so there were five points dropped in the first few games and Luis Suarez didn't play.
"And the form he was in that season, you'd have to say there was a good chance that you think he would have turned one of those games. So that act and the ban that he got actually affected Liverpool much more the next season..."
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