Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has backed Luis Suarez after the striker was accused of diving by Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho. Suarez tangled with Samuel Eto'o during the second-half of the 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, but referee Howard Webb was unmoved by his claims for a penalty.
"Anyone watching the game would say it was not a dive," Rodgers told Sky Sports News. "Luis is an easy target isn't he?
"We had a spell over the last year when everyone was jumping on his back, saying he was diving. So he must be the only one that is doing it?
"I think it was a valid claim for penalty against a player who wasn't making an attempt to play the ball.
"It certainly was not an acrobatic dive. Everyone can see the decision making and I don't want to go into it too much. The games are gone, we will not gain anything from them now."
