Yes, I’m a diver
Suarez admits to being a cheat to help Liverpool win
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has admitted deliberately going to ground in an attempt to win a penalty against Stoke in the Premier League earlier this season. However, he insisted the criticism he received for his controversial recent goal against Mansfield was unjust and also accused the press of using his name to sell newspapers.
LONDON: Luis Suarez has admitted diving for Liverpool to try and help them win a game.
The Uruguayan took a tumble in the box against Stoke in October’s goalless draw at Anfield.
Potters boss Tony Pulis labelled Suarez an “embarrassment” and called for a retrospective threematch ban.
Now the Reds hitman has finally come clean as he said: “I don’t listen to 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.
“They said that when we played
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— LUIS SUAREZ
against Stoke, for instance, and in that case they were right. I invented a foul because we were drawing and I wanted to win.
“Sometimes on the pitch I say to myself, ‘What have I done?’ But the name of Suarez sells papers.”
Suarez, 25, caused outrage again this month after handballing Liverpool’s winner against nonleague Mansfield in the FA Cup.
But he insists the incident was not deliberate and reckons criticism was not deserved.
Suarez said: “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 themedia – you should talk more about football, not about other stuff.”
Suarez alsobelieveshe is unfairly targeted because he is South American and says the media is biased towards Manchester United.
Speaking to Fox Sports Argentina, he added: “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 control the media, they are powerful and the media will always help them.
“It’s complicated to play here in England. As Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero have said, it’s complicated for a South American footballer to be here as we are treated differently to the local footballers.” — The Sun, London