Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has told a Spanish radio station that Luis Suarez's 10-match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic is "absurd and unfair" reports the Guardian. (external)
Reina says the Uruguayan striker is being singled out because of his nationality and previous misdemeanours.
"People in England are treating him different because he is Uruguayan; because he has had a previous episode like this," Reina is reported as saying.
"He knows perfectly well that what he did was wrong but a 10-game ban seems to me absurd, out of proportion and unfair. It seems that the people making the decisions have got it in for Luis a little bit."
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