adminto have bitten Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic on the arm last weekend. The Anfield club had said they were shocked at the severity of the ban, which rules him out for the rest of the season and into the next, and had until 1pm yesterday to lodge an appeal. But the FA said on its website thefa.com: “Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has not appealed the suspension issued to him by an Independent Regulatory Commission this week.
“The suspension begins with immediate effect and applies to Liverpool FC’s next ten domestic first-team fixtures.” Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had expressed dismay at the length of the ban and on Thursday slammed the FA for indicating ahead of the hearing that the suspension would top the statutory three matches, the organisation regarding that as “insufficient” on this occasion.
Rodgers said: “If you are an independent panel and yet the day beforehand the FA come out and say he (Suarez) will serve more than three games it is not independent because they are already putting pressure on the sanction. — AFP.
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