#4 Patrice Evra on Luis Suarez
For such a prolific footballer, you’d expect Luis Suarez to do all his proverbial talking with his feet. Yet the Uruguayan striker makes ample use of his mouth to vent his frustration during games. Whether it’s biting his opponents or hurling abuses, Suarez always finds a way of getting to defenders and his encounter with Patrice Evra was no different.
In a fixture between United and Liverpool in October 2011, the Frenchman and the forward were involved in a heated battle for the ball when they entered into a verbal argument during the game. While both insulted each other with plenty of gusto, Evra claimed Suarez had racially abused him.
The FA launched a two-month investigation into the matter at the end of which the current Barcelona star was handed an eight-game ban and a fine amounting to £40,000. In the reverse fixture that season when Suarez refused to shake hands with the left-back, Evra grabbed his hand only to be ignored followed by Rio Ferdinand rebuffing the forward's attempt to shake hands with him.
However, Evra got his revenge that night when United won 2-1 and he made the most of his celebrations in front of Stretford End in plain view of none other than Suarez himself. Liverpool fans criticised the defender for his unsporting behaviour but he hardly cared about the optics as he almost made an entire lap of the stadium.
