Aldridge - Suarez owes Reds

by Setanta Staff , 14 February 2012 Aldridge - Suarez owes Reds

Former Liverpool star John Aldridge feels Luis Suarez owes the club for their staunch defence of him throughout the Patrice Evra affair


The Merseysiders have been unequivocal in their support of the Uruguayan, who was banned for eight games after being found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Evra in October.

The saga took another twist on Saturday when Suarez refused to shake Evra's hand ahead of the match between the sides at Old Trafford.

Suarez was made to apologise the next day for his actions, while Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish also had to apologise after he refused to condemn the forward in his post-match interview.

Writing in his column for the Liverpool Echo, Aldridge believes Suarez needs to perform between now and the end of the season to repay the club for the damage the affair has done to their reputation.

"After what happened over the weekend, there are going to be question marks over the future of Luis Suarez at Liverpool FC," said the 53-year-old.

"In putting everything behind him and backing him to the hilt, Liverpool have tarnished their great name.

"Kenny Dalglish and Ian Ayre have stood right behind him and now Suarez needs to get back playing football and do his talking on the pitch.

"He needs to stay loyal to the club because Liverpool have remained loyal to him. We all want Suarez to show this by doing what he does best, terrorising defences and scoring goals."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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