Liverpool have fined Luis Suarez for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic but insist the striker still has a future at the club. Asked if the incident would affect the player's time at the club, Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said: "Not at all.

"It affects his future in the sense that we have to work with him on his discipline."

The Football Association will review the match official's report into the game and incident before deciding what course of action to take.

However, Ayre said he has spoken to the club's owners concerning the controversy and added: "Luis is a very important player to the club.

"As we keep saying, he signed a new four-year contract last summer and we'd all love to see him here throughout that contract.

"He's a fantastic player, top scorer and everything we'd want in a striker, so there's no change there.

"This is more about getting him back on the right track and it's largely down to [Liverpool manager] Brendan [Rodgers] now to work with him on that side of his character."