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FILE | NATION Liverpool’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) exchanges words with Manchester United’s French defender Patrice Evra during their English Premier League match on October 15, 2011. Suarez was hit with an eight-game ban and a 40,000 British pounds fine on December 20 after a Football Association disciplinary hearing found he had racially abused Evra at Anfield during the October 15 match.

FILE | NATION Liverpool’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) exchanges words with Manchester United’s French defender Patrice Evra during their English Premier League match on October 15, 2011. Suarez was hit with an eight-game ban and a 40,000 British pounds fine on December 20 after a Football Association disciplinary hearing found he had racially abused Evra at Anfield during the October 15 match. 

By AFP
Posted  Friday, January 27  2012 at  20:51

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  • Manchester United and Liverpool appeal for calm in powder-keg FA Cup ties as police stay vigilant

“We have discussed the issues surrounding this weekend’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at Loftus Road and we are both in total agreement that abuse and discrimination has no place in football or society,” the clubs said.

“Both clubs enjoy fantastic support. However, we would remind fans that while we want to hear their passion, it’s a fact that hatred and abuse is not what being a fan of Chelsea or QPR is about.

“The clubs will work together with the police to ensure that anyone using discriminatory or inflammatory language is identified and that the strongest possible action is taken against them.”

(AFP)

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