http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 boss, Brendan Rodgers, hit out at Premier League managers for singling out Luis Suarez in the diving episode, claiming that the menace was larger than just a single person.
The Northern Irishman also stated that the managers need to keep their own players under check, rather than pointing fingers towards the actions of others.
Suarez, who has remained in the centre of controversies ever since he arrived at Anfield in January 2011, has recently emerged as the central figure in the debate of minimizing the act of diving by players to win over false decisions.
After Liverpool’s enthralling derby game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 last week, the Toffees manager criticized the dubious activities of the striker on the field, accusing him of tarnishing the image of the game.
Earlier, he was also dubbed as a cheat by Stoke City boss, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tony-c35440 Pulis, who called upon the FA to take punitive measures against him.
Anyhow, Rodgers once again stepped forward in support of the Uruguayan footballer.
The Ulsterman said that Suarez has been subjected to indiscriminate and unfair treatment by players and coaches, and that linking the entire diving problem to him was tantamount to hypocrisy.
“I believe this will be the ongoing debate, and now people will see that diving is an issue which is at every club - it is widespread within the game. It is ridiculous to single out one man, because every single club has an issue,” he told the reporters.
Rodgers might have a point, as three players got booked for their alleged involvement in simulating dives in last week’s EPL action.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Neville-c29904 were all issued yellow cards, further fuelling the debate of the actions which need to be taken to overcome this predicament.
The Northern Irishman believes that managers have adopted a strategy of berating the forward in order to put more pressure on him, but praised him for emerging out of it as an even stronger player.
“Others have tried to use it as a psychological tool to put him off and affect referees but it makes him stronger,” he added.
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