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"Por fin llegó el día" was the message Luis Suárez had posted on his Twitter account. "Finally the day came," it translated. This was his first game back since the nine-match suspension that threatened to blow a gaping hole in Liverpool's season and, almost immediately, he was reacquainted with yet more of the controversy he finds so hard to shake off.

Suárez had been on the pitch only three minutes when he swung out his right boot in the penalty area, did not get close to the ball and caught Scott Parker flush in the abdomen. The referee, Michael Oliver, brought out a yellow card but this is the generation of Twitter and Wayne Rooney was already typing in his disdain. "If ref sees that kick from Suárez and books him for...

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