Luis Suarez vs Patrice Evra
A heated affair between rivals Liverpool and Man United in 2011 was exasperated even further by Patrice Evra accusing striker Luis Suarez of racially abusing him. Suarez had apparently called Evra “negrito”, which is said to be a term of endearment in South America – but he apparently didn’t realise the connotations of the word in Europe.
The Uruguayan was fined £40,000 and given an eight game ban, all whist his club launched an embarrassingly cringe worthy defence of him.