Every league needs a villain. There is no doubt that Luis Suárez is that in the Premier League. The unfortunate part is that people dig to root against Dick Dastardly instead of Hannibal Lechter.
It is also a shame that Luis Suárez also isn’t being talked about for his performance against Chelsea where he single-handedly helped Liverpool to a point. He literally put his team on his back, as he’s done so many times in the past, to get his team out of a dire situation.
There is no doubt in my mind that is you are looking to consider which players come after Messi and Ronaldo in the world’s best, you have to give a consideration to the former Nacional man. Where would Liverpool be without him? Where would Uruguay be without him?
His skill set is second to none. The moves and abilities he has are on par with some of the elite players in football. His desire to compete and his never say die attitude are what made him a fan favorite with Liverpudlians on the red side of Merseyside. How ironic that that same exact drive that has gotten him to where he is professionally is also his greatest downfall.
But like many stars, there is only one force of nature that stop them- themselves. I will admit to you that I was one that defended Luis during the whole Evra ordeal. His condemnation in a trial based on he said, she said left him out to dry in a league that has one set of rules for foreigners and another for their home based stars. Add to the fact that he’s not European and he might as well get a public defender, because he had no shot to help himself.
Yet in that ordeal, it was his idiocy that was his downfall. The “in my country” alibi doesn’t work abroad. He had to understand the sensitivities that there are in other places when you talk the way you do at home. He failed there. Miserably.
The incident with Branislav Ivanovic was a repeat offense. He looked impotent, like he couldn’t get out of the grasp of Ivanovic. It was desperation on a steroidal level. His face contorted and that, as Dexter would say, “Dark Passenger” emerged.
Honestly, if you’ve received a seven-match ban for doing the same thing before
