Luis Suarez certainly left his mark on Aymen Abdennour at the weekend.
The Uruguayan scored the opener for Barcelona during their 1-1 draw with Valencia at the weekend, but his performance was overshadowed by allegations of stamping twice on Abdenour.
Replays showed Suarez digging his studs into the defender’s instep when the two were involved in a tussle. Another camera angle revealed that Suarez also trampled his arm as he fell to the turf in a heap.
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After the match, Abdennour uploaded a phot of his battle scars from the incident on Instagram. You can clearly see stud marks on his forearm, which suggest that Suarez did indeed trod on him.
Suarez has since admitted to Football Espana that he stamped on the player, but denies that there was any malice behind it.
“I trod on him without meaning to.”
“A similar thing happened to me couple of weeks ago, also unintentionally. These things happen on the pitch. The stamp was unintentional and I’ve already apologised [to Abdennour].”
