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17 Jan 13
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Luis Suarez has admitted that he dived in a bid to win a penalty for Liverpool against Stoke.
Suarez hit the headlines earlier this season when he attempted an audacious double dive against the Potters during their goalless draw with the Reds at Anfield in October.
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny branded the Uruguayan a cheat on the back of the incident, which reignited the debate on players diving in the Premier League.
But in an interview aired in Argentina today, Suarez came clean about his actions during the stalemate with Tony Pulis's side, insisting that he embarked on simulation in order to win but also alleged that he has also become the subject of unfair treatment from the media.
He said: "I don't listen all the nonsense some people say about me. I'm accused of cheating here. People say I throw myself all the time inside the box.
"Let's see, they said that when we played against Stoke, for instance, and in that case they were right. I invented a foul because we were drawing 0-0 against Stoke and I wanted to win.
"Sometimes on the pitch I say to myself 'what have I done?' But the name of Suarez sells papers.
"The other day, for instance, I touched the ball with my hand accidentally, and I was criticised because I kissed my hand. The media make up a lot of things about me because they want to sell papers. I say to the media: you should talk more about football, not about other stuff."
Liverpool are currently reaping the rewards of an in-form Suarez, who has now scored 19 goals in all competitions this season, but it has not been without controversy, after he handled the ball when scoring the winning goal in their FA Cup win over Mansfield earlier this month.
And the 25-year-old feels that he and his fellow South Americans are targeted in the English top flight due to what he has again claimed is Manchester United's controlling of the media.
'When someone comes and says to me something bad about being a South American, I don't cry, because that happens inside the pitch. I have my conscience clean. But as I have said: Manchester United controls the media, they are powerful and the media will always help them," he added.
"I can help Liverpool today. We are united and we can play well. Liverpool doesn't depend on me. It's complicated to play here in England.
"As Carlitos (Carlos Tevez) and Kun (Sergio Aguero) has said, it's complicated for a South American footballer to be here as we are treated differently to the local footballers.
"But they have their culture, they are like this, you know. I have to play football, which is what I always wanted, but I have suffered a lot for being a footballer."
Suarez hit the headlines earlier this season when he attempted an audacious double dive against the Potters during their goalless draw with the Reds at Anfield in October.
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny branded the Uruguayan a cheat on the back of the incident, which reignited the debate on players diving in the Premier League.
But in an interview aired in Argentina today, Suarez came clean about his actions during the stalemate with Tony Pulis's side, insisting that he embarked on simulation in order to win but also alleged that he has also become the subject of unfair treatment from the media.
He said: "I don't listen all the nonsense some people say about me. I'm accused of cheating here. People say I throw myself all the time inside the box.
"Let's see, they said that when we played against Stoke, for instance, and in that case they were right. I invented a foul because we were drawing 0-0 against Stoke and I wanted to win.
"Sometimes on the pitch I say to myself 'what have I done?' But the name of Suarez sells papers.
"The other day, for instance, I touched the ball with my hand accidentally, and I was criticised because I kissed my hand. The media make up a lot of things about me because they want to sell papers. I say to the media: you should talk more about football, not about other stuff."
Liverpool are currently reaping the rewards of an in-form Suarez, who has now scored 19 goals in all competitions this season, but it has not been without controversy, after he handled the ball when scoring the winning goal in their FA Cup win over Mansfield earlier this month.
And the 25-year-old feels that he and his fellow South Americans are targeted in the English top flight due to what he has again claimed is Manchester United's controlling of the media.
'When someone comes and says to me something bad about being a South American, I don't cry, because that happens inside the pitch. I have my conscience clean. But as I have said: Manchester United controls the media, they are powerful and the media will always help them," he added.
"I can help Liverpool today. We are united and we can play well. Liverpool doesn't depend on me. It's complicated to play here in England.
"As Carlitos (Carlos Tevez) and Kun (Sergio Aguero) has said, it's complicated for a South American footballer to be here as we are treated differently to the local footballers.
"But they have their culture, they are like this, you know. I have to play football, which is what I always wanted, but I have suffered a lot for being a footballer."
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was oprah winfrey there ?
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Yes , Suarez tried to jump up and down on the couch but he fell on the floor and Oprah was booked...
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He only admitted to diving once WTF?????
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Media show close scrutiny of cheat, racist, toerag shocker!
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"I say to the media: you should talk more about football, not about other stuff."
stop cheating and they probably will  |
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Apart from the fa, utd and evra stating he wasn't a racist - can you show me the evidence that he is a racist please m-l. Your name is obv taking the p as otherwise it is surprising that you let yourself be so easily led and believe what you read in the press and don't form your own opinion from all the evidence! Was the foul Scholes inflicted late last night any less of a cheat than a dive - 'no' to anybody that vaguely understands the modern game 'yes' to sheep who can't think for themselves.
Gary Linekar is/was feted over here as a supreme sportsman, no yellow blah blah and a jolly good fellow - in most of africa (esp cameroon) he is known as a cheat and the q final from 1990 is called 'the game where Linekar dived'. The dive is never mentioned over here as we all know that Englishmen don't dive........ |
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Comparing Suarez's dives to Lineker is comical. And desperate.
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anything a bit more current than Lineker?
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At least he admitted it. Not sure many others do.
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That's true but to complain you are accused of being a cheat in England and then admit to cheating is rather ironic.
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Cant argue with that mate!
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that blows his mega bucks deal to city, chelsea or Man U.
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that blows his mega bucks deal to city, chelsea or Man U.
because they don't like their divers admitting to it? |
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TheBetterBettor 17 Jan 13 11:11
that blows his mega bucks deal to city, chelsea or Man U. Are you fecking fishing?!?! More chance of Michael Owen managing Liverpool..... |
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The FA are the biggest cheats in football
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LOL @ all the bitter suarez haters, if rooney did this it would be all "what a class act".
Its only because he is foreign he get this stick, and yet the cheek of people to call him the racist scum. get a life |
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Brendan Rodgers doesn't seem to agree with you Phil. He thinks its 'unacceptable', I doubt whether its because Suarez is 'foreign'.
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no its more sinister than that
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dont think Phil Neville was punished when he admitted diving.
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Phil Neville was fined by Moyes.
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Neville fined by his club and criticized by his manager
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What does Rodgers mean by saying it is "Unacceptable" when hearing that Suarez admitted diving?
Is it unacceptable to dive or unacceptable to own up to being a cheat? |
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PHILthePOWER 17 Jan 13 14:56
LOL @ all the bitter suarez haters, if rooney did this it would be all "what a class act". Its only because he is foreign he get this stick, and yet the cheek of people to call him the racist scum. get a life Where to start??? So you forget about Gerrard getting loads of stick for diving (his Sheff Utd 'heels behind ears when not touched' especially springs to mind)? You say to critise Suarez is based on racism. Out of everyone on this thread there is only one person mentioning anything to do with race. Only one person mentioning he is foreign. That will be the person who notices the difference in colour/race, and uses it to make a point. In my world, that is the real racism. |
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I'll try that in English now....you must have missed it in your haste to post!
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Not really - that quote relates to Suarez being the cheat, racist, toerag.
What I can't take is somebody saying I (and anyone else) must be a racist because we say bad things about somebody else who happens to be not white. It is usually an admission by the user that they have no other argument, so bring race into the mix (which is exactly what racists do as well). |
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Wow another Suarez thread.
Some folk on here are obsessed with him. What about the other players that dive about all over the shop? Where are the dailly threads about them? |
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How is that in any way ironic?
Players talk about other clubs all the time. |
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Not to the extent Suarez and his paranoid thoughts.
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haha. Seriously?? Not surprised he has those paranoid conspiracy theories given your delusional fans have spouted it for the past 2 decades for the main reason why you've failed to compete.
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On one hand a lot of Manchester United fans hold Fergie up as some kind of Jedi for his mind games and how he uses the press, pressures referees etc.
Yet when someone else points that out he is classed by those same fans as a paranoid wreck. |
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This guy is becoming boring...must have a brain the size of a pea. Why does he not just shut up and play the game.
Missed a massive PR opp with the handball against a non league team and it will cost him countless fouls in the future. |
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He is not boring to watch R0y.
If he was boring he would not be the most talked about player in the league almost every week. What do you think was his massive PR opp against the lower league team? What should he have done? |
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And that's my final word on the "man". I'm annoyed i've taken 5 mins of my time taking/thinking about him.
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