Last week, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers claimed that Luis Suarez has an 'undeserved reputation' for cheating, and he followed this up last night with a statement defending the Uruguayan against 'unfair vilification' over his diving antics, which again took centre stage against Stoke at the weekend. Like Kenny Dalglish before him, Rodgers is making a grave mistake in publicly defending the
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