BRENDAN RODGERS believes the FA have punished the man, not the incident, by banning Luis Suarez for 10 games.
The Liverpool boss claims right punishment for the Uruguayan was a 12-match ban — with half of those suspended — after he was caught biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Suarez and Co have until midday tomorrow to appeal against the severity of the punishment, which will see the frontman out of domestic action until September at present.
But what rankles with Rodgers is that previous incidents of a similar nature have resulted in lesser sanctions from the FA.
He said: “It is the severity of the ban that has hurt most.
“That is something we are bitterly disappointed with — not so much the ban because everyone has seen it and Luis was very open and honest to know it was wrong.
BRENDAN RODGERS says 10-game ban for Luis Suarez gave no scope for rehabilitation of the striker
“You can only compare it with simlar incidents and over the course of the last few years there have been two incidents where this has happened, both in 2006.
“One player received no ban and continued to be chosen by the FA as part of the England squad.
“And the second player received a five-game ban.
“So you can imagine that when Luis Suarez receives a 10-game ban it’s very difficult for us to understand.
“And even more so for Luis — this is a guy who has genuinely tried to curb his behaviour and his natual instints.”
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