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PLAYERS: Luis Suarez
Yesterday, Reds legend Dietmar Hamann argued that Luis Suarez should've been sent off for his terrible challenge on Everton's Sylvain Distin in the Merseyside Derby against Everton last Sunday, but another former Red has defended Suarez, and laughs off suggestions that there was any malice aforethought on the Uruguayan's part. Analysing the Distin incident on ESPN, Anfield legend Steve Nicol
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