Patrice Evra clashes with Liverpool fans for his lack of “class and respect” for Luis Suárez’s racist case as he shares a letter of apology sent to him by Reds CEO Peter Moore … on the same day as Manchester United face bitter rivals at Anfield
- Patrice Evra has attacked Liverpool fans for the Luis Suárez racist incident
- Suarez was fined and banned for eight games for using the word “bold” in Evra
- Evra criticized Reds supporters for “lack of class and respect” from the case
- The former Manchester United defender also shared a letter of apology from Liverpool
Patrice Evra has scooped up Liverpool fans for lack of “class and respect” as the former Manchester United man shared a letter from the Merseyside club apologizing for Luis Suarez’s 2011 incident.
The Uruguayan striker was banned for eight games and fined £ 40,000 for using the word “bold” against Evra during a Premier League match between Liverpool and United at Anfield in 2011.
But immediately after Evra made the allegations against Suarez, Liverpool defended their player and even wore support shirts to the striker before a league match against Wigan in 2012.
Patrice Evra has attacked Liverpool fans for disrespecting the 2011 Luis Suárez incident
Suárez (left) received a long ban on using racial insult in Evra (right) in a 2011 derby match
When Suarez returned from his ban later in the season, he turned down Evra’s offer to shake hands with the Manchester United captain in the return match at Old Trafford in 2012.
Along with the image of a 2019 apology letter from Liverpool CEO Peter Moore, Evra attacked Liverpool fans who abused him in the years following the incident.
Evra headlined the letter ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League draw with Liverpool on Sunday: “I wish Liverpool fans had the same respect and class as you Peter Moore.”
This is the first time Evra has shared Liverpool’s letter, which discussed a “collective grief” in supporting Suárez after the Football Association banned him for racist abuses.
Evra shared the letter of apology, Peter Moore, CEO of Reds, which he sent in October 2019 on social media
Evra criticized Liverpool fans for not showing the same respect as their chief executive
The French defender had been shown about the Suarez incident during a Monday night football episode of Sky Sports in October 2019 and Moore felt compelled to write to Evra after listening to his ordeal.
The letter stated: “The reason for my correspondence is simple and necessary, we apologize. We failed to apologize much earlier and that is a mistake we have to take care of.
“As a club, we did not meet our own high standards of inclusiveness, equality and fairness when faced with your serious but fully justified accusations of eight years ago. This is a matter of collective grief.
CEO Moore (above) wrote to Evra after the former defender spoke about the incident on Sky
Liverpool wore shirts in support of Suarez later that year after Evra made allegations of racism.
“I hope subsequent events have shown that we have learned lessons from the period in question. As painful as those lessons were, they were also absolutely necessary and I want to assure you that we will continue to consider them in the future.
Evra revealed in January 2020 that Moore and Liverpool had apologized to him for the whole scandal after his 2019 appearance on Monday Night Football.
In addition, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher and current club captain Jordan Henderson, who were currently playing for Merseyside, revealed that the Reds made a mistake in publicly supporting Suarez. and they apologized to him.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Evra said: “I liked that Jamie Carragher apologized. I received a personalized letter from Peter Moore and I was very excited.
Then, Suárez (left) chose not to shake hands with Evra (second right) in the next derby match
“(He sent the letter) three days after the show. He was saying to me, ‘Thank you so much, this really touches my heart.’
“But I was disappointed for a long time by a club as big as Liverpool that supported such a cause.”
The FA imposed a three-match ban on current Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani after using the same racial term on social media for a friend, despite the Uruguayan’s insistence that it was a term friendly.
Suarez joined the Uruguayan FA to condemn the English FA for handing over the ban to Cavani, which they described as a “discriminatory act”.
Liverpool host Manchester United in a top-flight clash on Sunday, with the latter sitting three points behind Premier League champions Jurgen Klopp.
