Liverpool have decided not to contest the heavy punishment handed down to the striker following his bite on Branislav Ivanovic

If you thought vuvuzelas were bad, wait until you hear 80,000 Brazilians shaking their caxirolas

Forget the 'Inner Chimp' theory, Luis Suarez's behaviour is incorrigible

Anfield club consider appeal against severity of the punishment for striker biting Ivanovic

The striker bit the arm of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic

Chelsea drop valuable points after late goal at Anfield

Chelsea manager faces warm Anfield return but one that comes with reservations

Reading, after seven straight league losses, were always going to need something special to hold off Liverpool yesterday and they found it in goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. Making his first league start for six months, McCarthy delivered one of the performances of the season, making at least ten saves – half of them excellent – to repel Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and the rest.

Defender has fallen out of Brendan Rodgers' favour

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will follow his example and end his career at Anfield by signing a new contract. But Carragher who is retiring at the end of the season, admits striker Luis Suarez is now close to rivalling Gerrard as the best he has played alongside.

Reds have European football in sight

One journalist was sent to Anfield with the task of writing about this game without mentioning Gareth Bale or Luis Suarez. It was like asking the Washington Post's theatre critic to review the opening night of "Our American Cousin" without referring to the fact that Abraham Lincoln had been shot while watching it.

Arsene Wenger planning summer swoop to shore up defence according to report

Skrtel suggests he may have been misled by the Liverpool manager