Luis Suárez racial abuse incident

While the incident After an incident which occurred on 15 October 2011 during a game of association football between fierce rivals Liverpool F.C. and Manchester United, Liverpool's Luis Suárez was charged with, and found guilty of, using "insulting words with a reference to Mr Evra's colour" to Manchester United's Patrice Evra by an FA commission. Suarez was fined £40,000 and banned for eight games.

The incident was widely reported in the British media for months due to its controversial nature and the response of Liverpool FC and their manager Kenny Dalglish.

Liverpool F.C. signed Luis Suárez for a club record fee of £22.8m in January 2011, while he was serving a ban in Netherlands for biting PSV Eindhoven player Otman Bakkal during a match on 20 November 2010. The Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf branded Suárez the "Cannibal of Ajax". The KNVB increased Suárez's suspension to seven league matches.

Manchester United F.C. signed Patrice Evra in January 2006 for a fee of £5.5m. In March 2006, it was reported that Liverpool defender Steve Finnan had racially abused Evra in the match that had taken place between the two clubs on January 22. The abuse claims surfaced from two deaf television viewers lodging a police complaint. The viewers claimed to have lip-read Finnan abusing Evra during the televised match. Finnan denied the charge and, after an investigation, The Football Association (FA) decided against charging the player.

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