12 Feb 2012

Video: The angry Suarez interview that Kenny had to apologise for...

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has apologised for the comments he made in an interview after the Man United-Liverpool game yesterday.

Dalglish's apology came minutes after striker Luis Suarez apologised for refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand. A statement on Liverpool's official website read:

"To be honest, I was shocked to hear that the player had not shaken hands having been told earlier in the week that he would do.

"But as Ian said earlier, all of us have a responsibility to represent this club in a fit and proper manner and that applies equally to me as Liverpool manager.

"When I went on TV after yesterday's game I hadn't seen what had happened, but I did not conduct myself in a way befitting of a Liverpool manager during that interview and I'd like to apologise for that".


Here is the interview for which Dalglish apologised: (Skip to 1"33)



Given Dalglish's obvious dislike for the media, which has been evident all season, having to apologise for a TV interview will probably be a bitter pill to swallow.

Despite the apologies of both Suarez and Dalglish, there are still fans arguing that it was Evra who refused the handshake (!), and that Dalglish had nothing to apologise for. What do you think?



Jaimie Kanwar


41 comments:

  1. I hope the fans that were blinded by unequivocal support take a good long hard look at themselves

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  2. the way you word 'was kenny right to apologise' is almost like you knocking him whatever you put

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  3. Exactly. So many people there who forget how to be critical of their players, manager and club when there is a need to do that.

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  4. Yes, it's all a conspiracy to have a go at Dalglish.

    Clearly, I'm interested to see how many people actually thought Dalglish was wrong to apologise.

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  5. Agreed, so many fans convinced themselves yesterday that sureley Luis cannot be in the wrong so it must be Evra and became obsessed with reviewing footage in slow motion, think the statements from the club today will have them feeling a little embarassed.

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  6. I am an Everton Supporter, so while, at first, I had a certain enjoyment at Liverpool FC's embarrasing and disastrous handling of the entire situation, I have to confess to being relieved that maybe some line can be drawn under this horrible affair.  There was a danger that Liverpool Fans, and Liverpool people as a whole, would be tarred with the brush of racism or acceptance of racism.  Maybe in the past out TWO great Club fan bases may have been infected with such an insideous cancer, but we have all moved on WELL beyond that since I started supporting Everton in the 1960s.    Dalglish has totally misjudged the situation, and should be ashamed of how he has let some of the racist apologist slime within the fan base be encouraged to come out from under their stones.  Even to the pathetic atempt of some LFC websites to twist reality to "prove" Evra refused to shake Suarez's hand.  Appalling.  My congratulations to Man U for keeping their dignity during this latest episode.  AND to the LFC Management for obviously discliplining Dalglish and Suarez so as to force their public aplogy.

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  7. this is a phoney LFC site....totally and utterly. Mr Kanwar will not enter into any dialogue to argue his point.....just bans you unless you agree with his autocratic site. TOTAL JOKE SITE !!!

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  8. Seeing this live yesterday was shocking, and I pointed out that in regards to Ferguson's and Kenny's interviews , United took more than 3 points from us yesterday - I dont cannnot understand how sections of our fans believe it is not an issue when ;

    1. Gordon Taylor from the PFA condemns Suarez and asks the FA to intervene

    2. Cultural Secretary plans to meet with PM David Cameron to discuss race / footballing issues (which will undoubtedly involve the handshake incident)

    3. Negative reaction worldwide - New York Post argues Fenway need to repair Liverpools global image.

    4. Neutrals, ex players, current players, pundits, presenters, newspapers etc all condemn what Suarez did.

    I already agreed with Jaimie following the T shirt disaster that Luis Suarez may be trouble for our club, I did not see it that way previously but for all his talent he has caused a lot of issues for LFC.

    Apologies have rightly been made by Suarez, Ian Ayre and Kenny but there is a lot of repair work to do beyond this. Hopefully this is the end of it and we can concentrate on issues regarding the football (of which there are a few to discuss!)

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  9. He was right to apologise, but was in a very tricky situation yesterday after Suarez landed him in it

    Hopefully it's over now

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  10. Kenny is cracking up with pressure. he along with suarez have tarnished our beloved lfc. as far as am concerned both should leave the club asap

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  11. Dear Mr Kanwar please do not delete my posts simply because you disagree with my views...why not debate the reason I think you are a LFC phoney...who knows you might actually convince me otherwise!

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  12. I am currently awaiting Fergie's apology on the matter. His behaviour in interview was far worse.

    What are the chances of Evra apologising for this post-match antics? That nearly caused a mass brawl... Fortunately Suarez was more restrained so he at least makes up for some of his earlier behaviour.

    Let SAF and PE apologise too and then draw a line under it.

    By the way, you point out other fans for thinking it was Evra who refused. The first place I read even that suggestion was in an article written yesterday by you.

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  13. Well done LS. A hollow apology is better than shaking the black (politically correct) hand of Evra

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  14. im not accepting this man utd holier than thou crap that has spread like wildfire !! Fergie and United supporters have shown themselves to have selective memories when they were so quick to condemn Suarez and then Fergie saying Suarez should be transferred !! what about Cantona kung fu kick, Roy Keane intentionally breaking a guys leg, Keane & Roy Carroll refusing to shake hands with Patrick Viera and even Fergie himself refusing to shake hands with Mourinho and Koeman !! and thats before delving into the personal lives of his players !

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  15. Proved to be a phoney site my comments removed again

    MR KANWAR IS A COMPLETE PHONEY

    DON'T BE DRAWN HERE LIKE LEMMINGS!

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  16.  a Man United player assaulting a supporter (Eric Cantona on a Crystal Palace fan)- a Man United player assaulting a fellow player in revenge and ending his career (Roy Keane on Alf Inge Haaland)- a Man United player missing a drugs test and receiving a 9 month ban (Rio Ferdinand) Drugs Cheat

    Fergusson should also apologise

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  17. As a Manchester United supporter I think Dalglish was right to apologise. It showed dignity. I do not think he was apologising to the media in any sense. In fact, as someone who understands the idea of JFT96, as far as I'm concerned he can say whatever he likes to the media, but in a professional capacity he realised he can do better, and also realised he had gone too far by continuing to defend Suarez in that interview when in fact Suarez had left him hung out to dry.

    He's behaved questionably recently - as I said above he is now showing a dignity more consistent with the traditions of LFC.

    Manc in peace.  

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  18. i think you r the bigest blert on the planet an need to support everton or west brom so u can b ded negitive bout them cos liverpool dont need ur kind liverpool need real supports not clowns like u

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  19. ladies ladies calm down!!!!how low can we get about this matter of shaking hand hey!!!!the media( tv and writing) blew this out of proportion because suarez is a foreigner!!!!and  evra is a man u player who the media see as their god(fergie) now who is the real racist i wounder!!!!

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  20. do you think Fergie should apologise for his outrageous remarks after the game 

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  21. Maybe. I think he was giving his honest opinion. Maybe he was post-match high. Probably angry, as I'm sure Dalglish was with Suarez. I certainly think he shouldn't have said it. But then I think Suarez said what he did to Evra in the heat of the moment, but he was being cute, (not like JT in my opinion did) and an apology (I'm really sorry I offended you) might have served well in Suarez' case then, and it might in Ferguson's now. It's dead easy to say.  

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  22. Right or wrong over this whole affair is a very grey and dodgy issue, depending on what our own individual priorities are. The club itself is in a no win situation, because it is pride and dignity against image. Alot of us have imposed our own sentiments on the club and have dismissed the sentiments of our fellow fans with different priorities as blinkered or biased, but the truth is, it was inevitable that the club would suffer because neither of these factors are unimportant. We have more among us arguing for the image of the club, so there is no need to go into their reasons. For the rest of us, unity and solidarity are good things for a football club because they keep the team and coaching staff together. The club may mean something different for every one of us, but when the staff and representatives take to the pitch and dugout, it has to mean the same thing to them. The club motto has to be taken more seriously by them than any of us. Our pride and dignity in supporting them comes indeed from history and performances, but for them, it is about sticking out for each other and not letting anyone fall. It starts from the very bottom. What we, as the public, see is not what they know, feel and experience.

    Kenny wasn't wrong to begin with, but in apologising he is right. Ian Ayre had made a public statement, which demonstrated our owners' stance, and Suarez has duly complied. Therefore, for solidarity and consistency, Kenny apologising was the right thing.

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  23. This story hit the US media in the morning over there (i.e. in the Boston Herald and New York Times). Henry and Werner obviously hit the phones and we get three apologies (Ayre, Dalglish and Suarez) in double quick time. Took them long enough to get around to it.

    Dalglish in particular has shown terrible judgement in both believing and handling Suarez throughout this and Dalglish's and Liverpool's reputation is now damaged (don't think even Liverpool fans give a damn about Suarez' reputation at this point).

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  24. Do you think Suarez should apologise to Liverpool FC? This (the handshake refusal) is world news now - it's hit the US media because of the Red Sox link.

    If Dalglish had 'punished' Suarez himself (e.g. as Ferguson did with Cantona after the fan attack) this would have gone much better for all concerned (Dalglish, Suarez, Liverpool, Evra and football itself).

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  25. Obviously not a Liverpool fan.

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  26. I think the point is that in all three cases there was never a question of any of them denying it had actually happened - whereas there are now some Liverpool fans that think Evra refused Suarez attempted handshake - seriously delusional.

    If this is what its like when LFC are having a reasonable season (good chance of 4th, already in a Wembley final, finances more or less sorted) then God help you all if you really hit bad times.

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  27. Suarez has apologised to LFC. As well he might.

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  28. Yes, and he got 4 people agreeing with him, so there's another 3 racist apologists posting nonsense on the subject, at least. 3PhDs sounds like 3 is actually his IQ.

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  29. What garbage, whenever someone is accused of doing something wrong, do you find old examples of something else wrong to deflect from the issue? Whatever Man Utd did in the past is not the issue and you sound like a spoilt child trying to say 'but what they did was just as bad'. Pathetic apologist nonsense. This is not about Suarez, Evra, LFC, Man Utd, it is about an accusation of bigotry, and even if Suarez felt hard done by he should have seen the bigger picture and acted for the greater good. I did not believe all this racist nonsense to start with, but seeing how quickly people want to dismiss the subject, i think our fan base is more racist than i previously believed. So go on talkinng about Roy Keane or whatever, you are just another apologist.

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  30. I've just read that Suarez is to be sold in the summer. If this is the case, and, after Saturday, it could be a reality, we have to go get Torres back.

    I've been thinking about the whole situation. Right at the beginning, Dalglish & Ferguson should have sat down and ironed things out. They could have spoken with both players individually and collectively and had a face to face with some mediators present and got to the bottom of it. If it turned out that Suarez had used malicious intent, punish him. If it could have been construed that he had no malice intended and could have given examples of the word in his native tongue and colloquialisms from back home, then he should have apologised there and then for the misunderstanding and promised to be more tactful in future.
    This whole episode could have been cleared up with a little bit of cross club communication and we could have avoided the fiasco we are firmly in the middle of.

    I am a lifelong Liverpool fan. I've seen the glory days of Rush & Dalglish banging goals in like it was nobody's business, I remember the Traore backheel into his own net against Burnley. I was more distraught about Rush and then Fowler leaving than I ever was about Torres. I remember, as a kid watching events unfold at Heysel then 4 years later at Hillsborough. This club of ours is an institution and it has weathered storms and stood tall when the team was the best in football. The current fiasco is tarnishing the good name of LFC but, at the same time, the media is hyping it up beyond what it really is. We are under the microscope now moreso than ever before and, as much as it pains me to say it, if sacrificing Suarez in the summer is what's needed to regain that reputation then so be it. But if any other set of fans, any players, coaches or managers of any other club gets a similar set of charges lodged against them, they'll feel the hundred million plus worldwide Liverpool FC supporters coming down hard on them. Every message board, every comments section of every newspaper will be bombarded with condemnation which will make the condemnation our club is on the end of right now seem like a mere telling off.

    Just for the record, I'd like to see Suarez publicly shaking Evra's hand and doing some charity event together just to put this to bed once and for all.

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  31. Its never gonna happen. Keep hoping guys. Only poor Kenny had to apologize.

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  32. And that is because of his own poor judgement of the whole situation and HIS comments. Nobody made him apologize because suarez used a racial slur. Then why shud Fergie apologize for his players. He didn't act like a fool trying to defend the indefensible.

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  33. True that. Totally agree with you mate. The Cantona incident, Roy keane incident, private lives of united players were all about the players themselves and not the club. Even Chelsea have always distanced themselves from JT's shenanigans. Liverpool FC displayed a pathetic attitude, a very small mentality and to the outside world it seemed like they could do nothing without Luis suarez. And once the player becomes more important than the club, then your club is in a mess. And thats what fergie espouses - he is never wary of getting rid of players who might destroy United's name. So much so that legends like Keane have also been let go. When there are 22 rich players in your squad, there will definitely be the odd wayward guy. Its how you handle these characters is important. Dalglish has somewhat failed here and also redeemed himself a little by apologizing. Nobody becomes a small man by apologizing. Hope MR Suarez is listening to this. If he does apologize to Evra in public. It will really help his image. And Liverpool's too. 

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  34. So basically we have done nothing wrong and that we are right to have a 'persecution complex'?

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  35. Dalglish and the club have acted in a very petty and bitter manner throughout the Suarez debacle, from the original statement about the charge, punishment statement, t-shirts, comments, etc. I am just really sad and still shocked that this institution of ours acted in this unprofessional and classless manner. To those fans who still defend the actions of the club in this, just goes to show blind their support for the club makes them. 

    Been petty, the conduct of the club.

    As for Suarez, I don't care for him anymore.

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  36. george thanks for you honesty in your responses. i think the big thing with Suarez is that he didnt perceive he had done anything wrong. Also the abuse Evra gave him went unpunished. The ban was harsh and Suarez was probably sulking. That said if he had been told pre match to shake Evras hand then he should have if he had decided he wasnt going to then he should have made it clear to all concerned last week NOT on the day of the game

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  37. I would have loved to have seen LS shake PE's hand, and then whisper in his ear "The cameras are loving this shit, us shaking hands, but at the end of the day I still think your a black cunt..."

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  38. An utter disgrace. trying to be the victims again. scousers are never victims, perpatrators definatelty-look at heysel

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  39. The interview was like a car crash much the same as the whole affair has been handled by LFC, Shank's must be turning in his grave. Now he was a great manager.

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  40. What is the world coming to? People need to learn to open their eyes and recognize their emotions are being manipulated by an out-of-control media. "Nattering nabobs of negativism", indeed. This whole saga is a disgrace (and I'm not talking about Suarez and Dalglish). A perfectly executed frenzy has been "whipped up" and now so-called fans are joining in on the witch hunt. Congratulations, puppets, you're giving adversaries you're to PC to recognize exactly what they want.

    To begin with, none of this was EVER about racism. It was about one guy attempting to wind up another guy during a heated competition. So what? My only problem with Suarez is that he has a tendency to dive and cry foul. To hell with whatever personal views he has, racist or not. 

    Of course, the media are doing their part to ensure we never forget Suarez was found guilty of "racially abusing Patrice Evra". I see it so many times I am starting to believe the media have changed his name to Luis Guilty-of-Racially-Abusing-Patrice-Evra Suarez. I almost expect to open the paper and read, 

    "Suarez, guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra, is seen helping a seasoned citizen cross the road. Too bad he's a racist, or this might be seen as a decent gesture",

    or 

    "Suarez, guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra, adopts three puppies. Let's all hope they rip his throat out, the worthless racist." 

    We get it, already. You all think Suarez is a villain. Drop it and move on to something that matters, such as - I don't know - ANYTHING ELSE. But I'm wasting my breath. People are just going to hurl insults at me or call me insensitive. How can I reason with a mob that are aggressively sharpening pitchforks and jumping at shadows?

    I'm ready to start talking about football again and not this little girl locker room he-said-she-said BS.

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